[Call to Order ]
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THIS IS THE BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION BUSINESS MEETING OF MARCH TWO, 2021.
AND THE MEETING IS BEING LIVE STREAM BY THE COUNTY CHANNEL THAT IS BEING ADAPTED BY A HYBRID VIDEO CONFERENCE.
[Action as Necessary or Appropriate Regarding Matters Discussed in Executive Session (Part 1 of 2) ]
ANY ACTIONS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE REGARDINGYOU KNOW, I MOVED THAT DIFFERENT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
THERE WAS ONE ITEM I MOVED TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, AUTHORIZED SUPERINTENDENT TO EXERCISE USD COVID-19 WAIVER AND EXTEND THE FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT TRACK.
SO BY PERIOD OF ONE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2022.
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. BELL CAMPBELL ZAKIN BY HAPPY ROLL-ON.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN? WELL, OPEN VOTING ABOUT YOUR STUDENTS PRESENT MEANS IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE FUNNY.
WELL AS MR. PALS, MR. SMITH, MR. SMITH ON ROBINSON HE'S LISTED WITH, BUT NO VIDEO, NO AUDIO, NO VIDEO ON YOU.
HE ABSTAINED THE MOTION CARRIES NINE ZERO ONE.
THE ONE OF THE STANTION IS, UH, MR. WILLIAM SMITH.
DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER ACTION AS APPROPRIATE OR NECESSARY REGARDING MATTERS? DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[Approval of Agenda ]
NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WAS MADE BY INGRID BOAT RIDE.
AND THE SECOND WAS BY MR. EARL CAMPBELL.
SO DIDN'T COME UP ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
[Pledge of Allegiance, Moment of Silence, Statement of Media Notification ]
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.THE MEDIA HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTIFIED.
[Student Performance – Mossy Oaks Choir ]
WE NOW HAVE A STUDENT PERFORMANCE,[00:05:01]
LOSSY OAKS ELEMENTARY, SECOND GRADER SAT AREA, THE CORE SINGING, LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JORDAN PLAYER HERE TO TELL US ABOUT PERFORMANCE IS JORDAN PLAYER EVENING.UM, THE PERFORMANCE THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU TONIGHT IS, UM, SIBERIA AND THE CORE SINGING, LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING.
SHE IS A SECOND GRADER AT MOSSY YOLKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE SLIDES OF FAMOUS AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSICIANS, ARTISTS, AND SOME ARTWORK THAT OUR THIRD GRADERS HAVE COMPLETED TO HONOR.
THE ARTIST ALMA WOULD SEE THOMAS, WHO WAS A FAMOUS AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTIST AND CHOREOGRAPHY BY PEARL PRIMUS, UM, BY OUR DANCE IN THIRD GRADE.
SO WE HAD A NICE, UH, UNIT, UM, ON BLACK HISTORY DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH FOR OUR THIRD GRADERS.
SO WE WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THAT WORK WITH YOU OUTSIDE AREA SAYING FOR US TONIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE NICE PERFORMANCES.
[Action as Necessary or Appropriate Regarding Matters Discussed in Executive Session (Part 2 of 2) ]
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ROBOT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT WE, UH, TO ANOTHER, UH, UH, MOTION COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THAT HOMESCHOOL AND I GOT EDUCATION REPORT.
I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION, MR. CAMPBELL.
SO WE'RE RUNNING ON THE ADULT FLU REPORT MOTION BY KATHERINE ROBACK SECOND VIRAL CAMPBELL THERE, BUT HE KNOWS HE ENDS UP FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
IT'S NOT APPEARING ON MY SCREEN.
I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET TO SEE THAT.
I DIDN'T GET TO SEE THAT I WOULD BE VOTING ON THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET TO SEE THAT.
I DON'T THINK HE'S EVER MOVED TO HERE AND MAY NOT BE IMPEACHABLE.
THE ONE ABSTENTION IS MR. SMITH AND MR. GEIER WHO SPOKE WAS NOT CAST.
SO THE MOTION CARRIES MS. ROBOT.
MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE PERSONNEL RAMIFICATION REPORT DATED.
UM, I DON'T HAVE IT IN SOME OF YOUR FEBRUARY ONE, FEBRUARY ONE TO 28.
AND AFTER IT WAS MADE BY PATRICIA GOODRICH, SHE HAD, I OPENED.
YEAH, NO ONE'S HAND IS OFF THAT I CAN SEE.
PLEASE WATCH HAVE THE MOTION IS APPROVED EIGHT ZERO ONE.
DID IT HAVE ANY FURTHER ACTION COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? I GO PULL THE EXCEL.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
[Champions for Public Education Award Presentation made by SCSBA President Cheryl Burgess to Recipient Catherine Donaldson ]
TO POINTS OF CELEBRATION TONIGHT.WE HAVE THE HONOR OF RECOGNIZING MS. KATHERINE DALTON AS RECIPIENT OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AWARD.
THIS AWARD IS PRESENTED BY THE STATE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, ORGANIZATIONS, OR BUSINESSES WHO SUPPORT AND CONTRIBUTION SO SIGNIFICANT LEAD BENEFITS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, PRESIDENT CHERYL BURGESS HAS GRACIOUSLY JOINED US TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE AWARD TO MRS. DONALDSON, WHO WAS ALSO YOUR PERSON EVENING TO THE ABUSER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR.
IT HAS TO BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT CHAIR, UM, CHRISTINA WATTS MEMBERS OF THE BEAVER COUNTY BOARD, AND SUPERINTENDENT THOUGHT OF FRANK RODRIGUEZ.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A SPECIAL AWARDS PRESENTATION.
I'LL BE OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION.
I ALWAYS ENJOYED VISITING LOCAL DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS LIKE THE ONES THAT WE ARE MAKING TONIGHT.
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AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS A MEMBER OF THE LEXINGTON THREE SCHOOL BOARD, WHICH IS THE GREAT LITTLE TOWN, BUT BAKES BERKELEY'S THERE AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE MATERIAL AND WANTS TO JOIN ME DOWN, RUN TO ASSIST WITH THE PRESENTATION.AT THIS TIME WE KEPT MCDONALD'S SUN ALSO SHOWING US THAT FOREIGN PLACE.
FIRST, MRS. DONALDSON, WE SAY, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BUKER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT DISPLAYS YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE SUCCESS OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN.
THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE SONG AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SERVES AS A MODEL FOR OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR STATE.
AND IT'S WHERE THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR YOU WITH OUR CHAMPIONS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AWARD.
THE CHAMPIONS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AWARD IS PRESENTED TO BUSINESSES, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND INDIVIDUALS WHO GREATLY SUPPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD NOMINATED YOU FOR THIS WARD BECAUSE OF YOUR TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FOR THE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
YOU GAVE YOUR TIME, DEDICATION AND RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT VUBER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE PREPARED FOR LEARNING DURING THIS UNPRECEDENTED YEAR.
SO TO YOU, CATHERINE, WE WON'T EAT TO KNOW THAT YOUR WORK DID NOT GO.
AND LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS GREAT PARTNERSHIP WHEN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HIT KSL BY SURPRISE AND LOVED A REALTOR.
KATHERINE DONALDSON RECOGNIZED THAT BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, YOUNGEST, YOU GUYS WERE BIG, WERE SENT HOME WITHOUT TECHNOLOGY DEVICES TO USE FOR REMOTE LEARNING.
SHE JUMPED INTO HIGH GEAR, DONALDSON, ORGANIZED A FUNDRAISER ONLINE CALLED THOSE FOR KIDS TO RAISE FUNDS, TO PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTE AN AMAZON FIRE CANDLE TO EVERY YOUNG STUDENT IN THE AG, ALL 12 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
COUNTY-WIDE THE DEVICES COST APPROXIMATELY $55 EACH WITH TAX AND SHIPPING DONALD SENSE INITIATIVE RAISED $28,529 BONDABLE VAMPYR.
AND PROBABLY MORE BY NOW, HUNDREDS OF DEVICES WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO GET EVERY ELEMENTARY STUDENT ONLINE.
IN ADDITION, A LOCAL INTERNET PROVIDER COMMITTED TO PROVIDE GREAT NARRATIVE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY FOR EVERY KATHERINE DONALDSON RECOGNIZES THAT EVERY STUDENT IN THE BEAVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS DESERVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A QUALITY EDUCATION AND JUMP INTO HELL AND BAKE WAY.
KATHERINE, ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, I WON'T NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH YOUR EFFORTS ARE APPRECIATED.
YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF BUFORD COUNTY STUDENTS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A TRUE CHAMPION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND CONGRATULATIONS.
UM, KATHERINE DONALDSON AND CHERYL VERGES FOR BEING IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND OUR, THE APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO MS. DONALDSON FOR HER INVOLVEMENT IN SUPPORTING OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS.
[The School Counselors of the Year ]
ON THE POINTS OF CELEBRATION, THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS OF THE YEAR, AND THAT'S DR.[00:20:01]
WILL DO THAT, BUT YOU COULD JUST SAY, I REMEMBER BACK IN MARCH, APRIL WHEN I WAS CHATTING WITH A LOT OF IT WAS GO BIG OR GO HOME.I DID, THERE WAS ABOUT $15,000 RAISED PRIOR TO THAT GUY THAT WE ACTUALLY RAISED OVER 40,000 FROM PEOPLE JUST LIKE EVERYONE HERE IN THE ROOM.
IT'S A VERY GRASSROOTS EFFORT.
I, UM, I GET SECURITY HAVING THE HONOR, BUT SO NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL IN THE COUNTY HELPING THAT EFFORT THREE LATE AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO TELL MS
THEY HELP ALL STUDENTS IN THE AREAS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT, HELPING TO ENSURE THAT TODAY'S STUDENTS BECOME TOMORROW'S PRODUCTIVE AND WELL ADJUSTED ADULTS.
FIRST I'D LIKE TO COMMEND THE DISTRICT MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR.
JULIAN POWERS FROM RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR, LATISHA JAMES FROM JOSEPH SHANKMAN ELEMENTARY AND RUBY HILLS SCHOOL, COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR, LISA DETROIT FROM HILTON HEAD ISLAND, HIGH SCHOOL BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF TASHA MIDDLETON IS THE BUFORD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 2021 SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR, A RECENT GRADUATE OF THE CITADEL'S EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM MIDDLETON IS PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE EXPLORE THEIR OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE BATTERY.
GREEK TIMES, PRINCIPAL, CHAD COX, JUST FRIED MIDDLETON AS ORGANIZED INTERPERSONAL AND A STRONG COMMUNICATOR.
HE CREDITED MIDDLETON WITH DEVELOPING AN INCREDIBLE RAPPORT WITH STUDENTS, WORKING WITH DISTRICT OFFICE PERSONNEL AND DEVELOPING PROGRAMS TO ENGAGE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND SUPPORTING NUMEROUS EVENTS, MENTORING NEW STAFF MEMBERS AND HELPING TEACHERS INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE THEIR INSTRUCTION.
PRINCIPAL COX SAYS THAT THERE ARE NO WORDS RANDOM ENOUGH TO DESCRIBE HOW VALUABLE THIS MIDDLETON IS TO BATTERY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE IS WILLING TO HELP STUDENTS AND OTHER TEACHERS WITH INSTRUCTIONAL NEEDS AT ALL TIMES, CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. MIDDLETON AND ALL OF THE DISTRICT SCHOOL COUNSELORS OVER THE YEAR.
THANK YOU MS. JERRY HENDERSON OR HEARTBURN THERE, OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND, UH, AND LEADERSHIP AND THE INITIATION OF THAT.
[Social Worker’s Week ]
THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS, WE IS THE NATIONAL SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS.WE WOULD GO TO THEIR MCMASTER'S HAS ISSUED IN PROCLAMATION.
WE'RE ASKED SCHOOL, SOCIAL WORKERS ARE TRAINED.
PROFESSIONALS CAN WORK WITH ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, NURSES, SPEECH, AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST, AND OTHER STAFF TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS PROBLEM AREAS AND HELP MAKE SCHOOL A POSITIVE AND SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ALL STUDENTS.
AND AMIR ASKED SERVING AS A VITAL LINK BETWEEN THE SCHOOL HOME AND COMMUNITY SCHOOL, SOCIAL WORKERS, HELP PARENTS UNDERSTAND AND MEET THEIR CHILDREN'S SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS ASSIST SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS WHEN STUDENT ASSESSMENTS AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATE COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO HELP IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK.
WE HONORS SCHOOL, SOCIAL WORKERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE GET THE MOST OUT OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES BY OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO LEARN.
NOW, THEREFORE I HENRY MCMASTER, GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 7TH THROUGH THE 13TH 2021 AS SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK WEEK THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND ENCOURAGE ALL SOUTH CAROLINIANS TO SHOW APPRECIATION TO SCHOOL, SOCIAL WORKERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION.
THE WELLBEING OF OUR CHILDREN GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THEY ARE AN INTEGRAL AND VITAL PART OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO HELP KEEP OUR STUDENTS ENGAGED AND SUPPORT THEM ALONG THE WAY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR OUR SCHOOL'S SOCIAL WORK.
[SC Football Association Palmetto Champions ]
UH, METAL CHAMPIONS, SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION RECENTLY HONORED 26[00:25:01]
PLAYERS AND 10 COACHES FOR THEIR ANNUAL PALMETTO CHANCE GAMES, ALL STAR FOOTBALL TEAM.TWO OF THOSE FUNDAMENTAL CHAMPIONS ARE FROM WHALE RANCH, EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH JALEN REGION.
WHAT'S THE NAME THE DAY LOWER STATE BACK OF THE YEAR.
AND HENRY TONE WAS NAMED IN DIVISION A CHECKER OF THE YEAR HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS HONOR AS WELL, RANCHES FOOTBALL COACH, JARED HATCH.
I LIKE THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO SPEAK TO YOU.
UM, YOU RECOGNITION THESE TWO YOUNG MEN, UM, JUST TO SAY, BOTH THESE YOUNG MEN AT BADEN NUMEROUS, ALL STATE THINGS AS SENIORS, UM, THE PAT MANTLE CHAMPIONS, IT GOES ABOVE THAT.
IT, UM, IT, IT BASICALLY, IT RECOGNIZES THE TOP FOUR PLAYERS, UH, WITH THE SPECIALISTS IN EVERY CLASS LOCATION FROM ONE EIGHT UP TO FIVE A.
SO IN THIS ALL-STAR TEAM, THERE'S A TOTAL OF 25 ATHLETES, UM, IN OUR DIVISION OR IN ALL INNOVATIONS, THERE'S A LOWER STATE LAMINATE AND LAURA STATE BACK AS WELL AS THE UPPER STATE AND ONE A AND OVERALL THERE'S, THERE'S A SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR, UM, THE LOWER STATE BACK OF THE YEAR.
AND THE ONE EIGHT CLASSIFICATION IS JALEN REEVES.
UM, OUR QUARTERBACK HERE, WELL-BRED, SHE ALSO PLAYED DEFENSIVE BACK, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME QUICK NUMBERS ON JALEN AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE SHORTEST SEASON, UM, HE HAD 848 TOTAL YARDS AND HE SCORED 106 POINTS FOR US.
UM, AND THE BACK CATEGORY, IT ENCOMPASSES BOTH OFF AS A DEFENSE.
SO, AND HE PLAYED BOTH WAYS, UH, ON DEFENSE.
HE HAD A TOTAL OF FOUR INTERCEPTIONS.
UM, SO JUST OUTSTANDING HONOR FOR JAYLA AND, AND, UH, IT JUST, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S A TESTAMENT TO, YOU KNOW, HIS DEDICATION AND HARD WORK.
UM, AND THE SECOND ONE IS HENRY TOLD ME, YOU KNOW, HENRY IS A KID THAT, UH, DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY FOOTBALL.
HE FINALLY CAME IN HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR.
UM, HENRY HIS STATS THIS YEAR WERE AMAZING, UH, ON PAT, HE WAS 34 FOR 36.
UM, HE WAS FIVE OR FIVE ON PHIL GOLD ACCOUNTS FOR LONG ENOUGH, 41 YARDS.
UH, HE ALSO K 13 KICKOFFS IN, OUT OF THE LAND ZONE FOR TESTS BACK SINCE THE GREAT THING, UH, FOR DEFENSIVE STANDPOINT, WHEN YOU'RE POLLING HAS STARTED AT 20 YARD LINE, UH, HINDER WAS NAMED NOT ONLY JUST LAURA STATE, THE HINDER IS NAMED THE SOUTH CAROLINA SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR IN THE ONE EIGHT CLASSIFICATION.
UH, JUST REALLY PROUD OF THESE GUYS.
YOU HAVE FIVE MEMBERS OF A SELECTION GROUP HERE IN 40% OF OUR WELL BRADSHAW SCHOOLS.
UM, AND JUST, JUST PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH AND HATE TO SEE THEM GO GREAT HIGH CARE TO KIDS.
BUT, UH, UH, JALEN IS SIGNED TO PLAY FOOTBALL AT, UM, IN WEST VIRGINIA AND, UH, HENRY HAS SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES.
HE'S KIND OF WEIGHING OUT HIS OPPOSITES AND SEE WHERE, WHERE THE MOST MONEY LIVES AND WHERE THE BEST FIT IS FOR HIM.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING THEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
YOU DO MS. SMITH, WE'RE DOWN TO THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SUBMITTED NEXT
[SCSBA Annual Conference Update ]
ON OUR AGENDA IS THE SITE CHAIRMAN ANDREW FOR THE 2021 SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONVENTION LEADING THROUGH CHANGE WAS HELD AT THE HILTON, HAD MARRIED ON FEBRUARY 18 TO 21, SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS IN CANADA, INCLUDING MYSELF AS WELL AS THE SUPERINTENDENT AND GENERAL COUNCIL.THE SESSIONS INCLUDED INFORMATION ON LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION DURING HER CRISIS, UPDATING POLICIES FOR COMPLIANCE, EDUCATIONAL EQUITY, BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RELATIONSHIPS FOR SUCCESS, RESUMING FACE-TO-FACE INSTRUCTION FOR ALL STUDENTS UP AND UPDATE ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL WEEK.
UNDERSTANDING IMPLICIT BIAS AND RESPECTING DIVERSITY TO BENEFIT ALL OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S CHILDREN, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES DURING A PANDEMIC AND ENGAGING THE BOARD AND STAKEHOLDERS IN THE DISTRICT.
SO SHE JUST PLAYED IN THE PROCESS.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE ONE DAY SHE HAD A BOARD WORKSHOP.
I THOUGHT IT WAS PARTICULARLY GOOD THIS YEAR.
I ESPECIALLY ENJOYED THE PRESENTATIONS REGARDING HIGHLY EFFECTIVE SCHOOL BOARDS AND THE INTERACTIVE SESSION ON ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
OUR BOARD HAS IMPLEMENTED SEVERAL KEY COMPONENTS OF SCHOOL BOARD, BEST PRACTICES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I BELIEVE IMPLEMENTING COHERENT GOVERNANCE AND ALIGNING THE POLICY MANUAL, EVALUATING THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH CONSISTENCY AND THE USE OF METRICS AND ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD ITSELF.
THE NEXT STEP IN OUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IS TO REASSESS THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN AND OBTAIN DR.
RODRIGUEZ, HIS INTERPRETATION OF THE PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS AND FILING CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HILTON HEAD
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ISLAND, HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM.FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY, THEY WILL PLAY THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
THEIR OPPONENT IS SOUTH POINT AND THE GAME IS SATURDAY AT NOON THAT USDA GO SEE HAWKS.
[Legislative Update by Lobbyist – Lynn Stokes Murray, Burr Forman & McNair ]
TO OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, HIRE LOBBYISTS LYNN STOKES, MARIE, A BIRD FORM IN AN ADVENTURE WELCOME MODE.SO NORMALLY THE PROBLEM IS YOU HAVE A SECOND TOMMY'S MICROPHONE ON AND SHE SIGNED.
WHEN YOU CAN BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION, I THINK SHE'S CRYING BECAUSE SHE KNEW, OH, SHE'S TAUGHT.
MY TECHNOLOGY SKILLS ARE SOMEWHAT LIMITED.
I HAVE TO GET IT OFF THE DESKTOP TO GET ON UPSIDE DOWN ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
AND, UM, I WAS REQUESTED TO TALK ABOUT THREE PARTICULAR AREAS.
ONE WAS AN UPDATE ON THE STEP INCREASES, AND I HAVE GREAT NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT THAT AND ALSO ON BROADBAND AND THEN FINALLY ON FAILING SKILL SCHOOLS.
SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW, UM, NO NEED TO TELL YOU ALL WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED YEAR.
AND CERTAINLY, UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT WE'VE HAD TO HAVE SO MANY TEACHERS THAT HAVE HAD TO TEACH THROUGH TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT METHODS, UM, HYBRIDS, AS WELL AS, UM, BEING IN, IN CLASSROOMS. SO IT'S BEEN A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT, I THINK ON EVERYBODY, BUT THE UPSIDE IS THAT WE WERE MAKING IT THROUGH AND WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND HOPEFULLY THINGS ARE, ARE GETTING TO BE BETTER.
UM, WE CERTAINLY KNOW THAT RETENTION, UM, WITH TEACHER RETENTION AND PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO, TO STAY IN THE SEEMS TO PROVIDE BETTER PERFORMANCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO KNOW THAT AND I'M ON THE NEXT PAGE ROBIN THAT STUDENTS HAVE NOT BEEN BACK IN PERSON REALLY FULL-TIME SINCE MID MARCH OF 2020, UM, STEP INCREASES WERE SUSPENDED AT THAT TIME DUE TO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC.
UM, AND THEN WITH NEW REMOTE LEARNING, AS WE ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED BROADBAND, WHICH AT ONE POINT WE, WE BARELY KNEW WHAT THAT WORD MEANT NOW BECAME THE FIRST WORD IN EVERYBODY'S VOCABULARY.
AND LACK OF ACCESS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SO MANY DISTRICTS AND PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT WERE ALREADY HAVING TROUBLE, UM, IN POTENTIALLY FAILING, BUT CAUSING SOME, SOME EVEN WORSE PERFORMANCE.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR, BUT I THINK WE WERE MADE THE TURN ON A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES.
AND I KNOW THAT SUPERINTENDENT SPEARMAN HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO, TO TRY TO INCREASE THAT.
UM, SO SPECIFICALLY YOU GUYS HAD ASKED ABOUT STEP INCREASES AND TEACHER SALARIES, AND YOU'LL SEE, ON THIS CHART, A LIST OF WHAT THE TEACHER SALARIES HAVE BEEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE, OF THE PAST FEW YEARS, BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 2013, 14, THERE'VE BEEN A COUPLE OF PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT HAVE BEEN INTO PLAY.
UM, ONE WAS SENATE BILL FOUR 19, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER, UM, THAT, THAT DIED WHEN THE SESSION ENDED, BUT WE HAVE NOW GOTTEN TO A NEW VERSION THAT, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A SECOND.
UM, WE WERE EXPECTING TEACHERS TO RECEIVE IN THE 2021 FISCAL YEAR, A $3,000 PER TEACHER RACE, UM, THAT HELD ABOUT A 2 MILLION, $200 MILLION FISCAL IMPACT.
UM, SO WHERE WE ARE NOW IS THAT GOVERNOR MCMASTER HAD REQUESTED IN HIS EXECUTIVE BUDGET.
THAT STEP INCREASES BE A PRIORITY FOR THE 20, 21 BUDGET.
UM, AND BECAUSE WE RANKED 42ND IN THE COUNTRY, THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, JAKE LUCAS, AS WELL AS THE LEADERSHIP IN THE, IN THE SENATE.
UM, SO THE, THE PLAN IS TO, UH, THAT TEACHERS WOULD NOT LOSE A YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR PAYCHECK OR THEIR RETIREMENT AND TEACHERS WITH 23 YEARS OF
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MORE OF EXPERIENCE, UM, WOULD, WOULD NOT PAY FOR MORE THAN THAT.UM, SO LET ME TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND IF YOU'LL GO TO OTHER LEGISLATION, THANK YOU, ROBIN.
UM, YOU'LL SEE SEVERAL BILLS THAT ARE PENDING.
UM, ALL OF THOSE ARE SITTING IN THE HOPPER SOMEWHERE ALONG THE PATH, BUT WHAT HAPPENED TODAY, UM, IS THAT THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE TOOK UP SENATE BILL 36 OH NINE AND 36 OH NINE IS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WAS OFFERED BY SPEAKER LUCAS AND MANY MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE.
AND IT WAS ADOPTED TODAY OUT OF, UM, THE FULL SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR STEP INCREASE FOR THE 20, 21 BUDGET YEAR.
UM, AND THERE IS $50 MILLION AVAILABLE IN A POT OF MONEY, UM, THAT IS COMING FROM THE CONTINGENCY RESERVE FUND.
SO WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO IS, UM, ALLOW YOU ALL TO RECEIVE, UM, PROBABLY A LUMP SUM PAYMENT OR TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE A LUMP SUM PAYMENT, UM, ON JUNE 15TH.
AND IT GIVES THE DISTRICT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY, UM, PAST THE JUNE 15TH DEADLINE BASED ON WHATEVER YOUR SALARY SCHEDULES ARE.
AND IT ALSO, UM, HAS SOME LANGUAGE IN IT FROM THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AUTHORITY, WHICH IS A STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, WHICH WOULD NOT IMPACT ANYBODY'S RETIREMENT ABILITIES.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE THREE YEAR AVERAGE TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH A STEP INCREASE WOULD BE, WHAT THE COMMITTEE ADOPTED WAS, UM, THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY JUST, UH, PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STEP INCREASE TO NOT BE BASED ON THE THREE YEARS, BUT INSTEAD ON, UH, ON HOW MUCH, IF, UH, THE, HOW MUCH THAT THE AVERAGE SALARY PORTION IS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY BASED ON A THREE-YEAR, UM, CONSOLIDATION OF FUNDS, BUT ON LAST YEAR'S SALARY INSTEAD OF OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS.
SO THAT PASSED UNANIMOUS MOSTLY OUT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TODAY, IT'LL BE ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE TOMORROW.
THERE'LL BE SOME PROCEDURAL REASONS THAT WE CAN'T GET TO IT TOMORROW, BUT I EXPECT BY THE END OF THE WEEK OR THE FIRST OF NEXT THAT THAT BILL WILL GO BACK TO OVER TO THE HOUSE FOR THEM TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENTS THAT THE SENATE HAS IMPOSED ON THE BILL AND, UM, AND THEN GET DOWN TO THE GOVERNOR.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT YOU WILL BE BACK ON TRACK.
TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE THAT STEP INCREASE THAT WAS SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC NOW AND THE 2122 BUDGET, WHICH WE ARE DISCUSSING PRESENTLY THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE IS MEETING THIS WEEK.
UM, THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE WITH THE PROGRAM ON THE STEP INCREASES THE ANNUAL STEP INCREASES.
AND WHILE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT FINAL FUND IS, FUNDING IS YET, I SHOULD KNOW THAT BY THE END OF THE WEEK, BUT, BUT IT IS THEIR INTENTION THAT THEY WILL INCREASE.
NOW, ONE QUESTION MAY HAVE, IS YOU PROBABLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS COMING FROM THE STATE AND IT IS, THERE IS NO BURDEN TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THIS IS ALL COMING FROM STATE FUNDS AND THEY ACTUALLY ANTICIPATE OF THIS $50 MILLION POT THAT THERE MAY BE SOME LEFTOVER MONEY, WHICH THEY COULD AGAIN, RETURN THAT TO YOU ALL.
UM, BUT THERE'S ENOUGH IN THAT POT, THEY BELIEVE TO PAY FOR ALL THOSE STEP INCREASES.
UM, ALSO JUST SO YOU KNOW, NURSES AND, UH, UH, SCHOOL NURSES ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT.
UM, AND I NOTICED SOME FOLKS HAD HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE NURSES WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE ROTC FOLKS AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, JUNE 15TH IS, IS WHEN IT SHOULD BE PAID, BUT THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IF YOU NEED TO GO BEYOND THAT TIMEFRAME.
SO, UM, THAT'S GREAT NEWS, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THAT.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A CONVERSATION TODAY AND THIS IS NOT ON MY, ON MY LIST.
AND I WAS AFRAID OF THIS WHEN I TOLD ROBIN THAT THINGS CHANGED SO QUICKLY UP HERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU JUST A QUICK HIT ON THE OTHER BILL.
THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE TOOK OUT TODAY, WHICH WAS
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CHARTER SCHOOL FUNDING.UM, THEY HAVE APPROPRIATED THE CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE STATE CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICT AND EARTHSCAN SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, $9 MILLION BECAUSE OF A SHORTFALL THAT THEY'VE HAD BECAUSE OF INCREASED STUDENTS.
THAT MONEY IS ALSO COMING OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND.
IT IS NOT FOR ADMINISTRATION AND THAT Y'ALL MAY OR MAY NOT REALLY CARE ABOUT THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION IT TO YOU.
AND IN CASE ANYBODY WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TWO BILLS THEY TOOK UP TODAY.
SO THAT TAKES US TO BROADBAND, UM, AND SEVERAL GOOD THINGS TO REPORT THERE.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IN MARCH OF 2020, WE HAD ABOUT 38% OF RURAL SOUTH CAROLINA THAT, UM, DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET INTERNET.
AND OVERALL WE HAD ABOUT 10% OF THE STATE THAT HAD NO ACCESS AT ALL AND ACCELERATE SOUTH CAROLINA, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT.
THERE WAS $26 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED FROM THAT CARES MONEY, LARGELY THAT WAS YOUR HOTSPOTS THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED THAT WERE ABLE TO HELP FOR STUDENT DISTANCE LEARNING.
AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER PIECE OF IT WAS TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAP WHERE WE'RE MISSING BROADBAND.
SO WE KNOW HOW TO DEPLOY IT ONCE WE HAVE THE FUNDING TO DO THAT.
UM, SO SINCE, SINCE ALL THAT HAS OCCURRED, UM, WE HAVE HAD THE FCC AWARD $121 MILLION FOR RURAL SOUTH CAROLINA BROADBAND EXPANSIONS.
AND NOW WE'RE UP TO ABOUT 79, ALMOST 80% OF SOUTH CAROLINA THAT HAS ACCESS.
UM, ALLENDALE IS STILL THE LOWEST AND ONLY ABOUT 19 AND A HALF PERCENT, UH, COVERAGE.
AND THEY ANTICIPATE THAT THE PROJECT COULD BE COMPLETED OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BILLS PENDING SENATE BILL FIVE 19, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE OFFICE OF BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT AND WOULD SERVE AS A BROADBAND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UNIFORM STATEWIDE ACCESS AND USAGE POLICY AND THAT KIND OF THING.
UM, AND THEN HOUSE BILL 31 46, WHICH IS CALLED GREAT GROWING RURAL ECONOMICS WITH ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY.
AND THAT'S BY REPRESENTATIVE, UM, BRIAN WHITE OUT OF ANDERSON.
NOW TODAY IN THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE I'VE MENTIONED TO Y'ALL, THAT WAY'S MEANS IS MEETING TO DISCUSS THE 2122 APPROPRIATIONS BILL.
THERE IS A PROVISOR THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED, UM, THAT WOULD DO TWO THINGS.
ONE, THREE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A $65 MILLION CONTRIBUTION OR APPROPRIATION MADE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR RURAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
LARGELY IT WAS PUT THERE FOR THE POTENTIAL TO USE FOR BROADBAND ACCESS.
UM, THAT MONEY IS SAT THERE FOR THREE YEARS WITH THERE NOT BEING ANYTHING DONE WITH IT.
SO THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GREAT NEEDS.
SO THE PROVISO THAT WAS ADOPTED TODAY MOVES $30 MILLION OF THAT 65 MILLION OVER TO THE OFFICE OF REGULATORY STAFF, WHICH IS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, UM, FOR BROADBAND USE.
AND THE ORS HAS BEEN TASKED WITH BECOMING THE COORDINATOR OF THIS FUNDING AND THEIR NUMBER ONE CHALLENGE IS TO GET THE MAPPING DONE, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY AND DETERMINE WHERE THE HOLES ARE, WHAT NEEDS TO BE PLUGGED.
AND THERE'S A THIRD PARTY PROVIDER THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ENGAGED TO DO THE MAPPING, AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S VERY CLOSE TO BEING COMPLETED.
SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO SEE FURTHER USE OF THAT MONEY DEPLOYED IN, IN THOSE, YOU KNOW, 14 COUNTIES OR SO THAT ARE STILL IN UNDERSERVED AREAS.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATION AT THE VOTE HAS NOT HAPPENED YET.
WE PROBABLY WON'T SEE THE SPREADSHEETS UNTIL THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, BUT THERE MAY BE AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF $38 MILLION IN THE HOUSE BUDGET TO SUPPLEMENT THIS TO FURTHER, UM, PROVIDE ACCESS TO THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT, THAT ARE SUFFERING IN THESE UNDERSERVED AREAS.
SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY GREAT NEWS IN TERMS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING ON BROADBAND.
AND I'LL KEEP YOU GUYS POSTED, AS WE KNOW MORE, ALL THIS IS REAL TIME.
SO AS SOON AS I GET THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE FROM THE PROVISOS AND SEE WHAT THE ACTUAL APPROPRIATION IS, I'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU.
SO YOU'LL KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE THE ORS BECOME MORE INVOLVED AND IT WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL AND UNDERSERVED AREAS TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR GRANTS AND HELP FILL THOSE HOLES WHERE, WHERE WE NEED THEM.
AND THAT TAKES US TO FAILING DISTRICTS.
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Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE NUMBER TWO, UM, IN THE, IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE WORST SCHOOL SYSTEM.AND OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR 95 CORRIDOR OF SHAME STORY AND, AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THE SUPREME COURT BATTLE IN 2017, AND WE DEALT WITH THE 32 SCHOOLS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE LAWSUIT BASED ON INADEQUATE FUNDING.
UM, SO NOW WE'RE HOME TO ABOUT 50 PRIORITY SCHOOLS THAT ARE CLASSIFIED, UM, AND NEED OF IMPROVEMENT.
UM, I UNDERSTAND, UM, AND THIS MAY HAVE CHANGED BASED ON MY INFORMATION, BUT THERE'S STILL TWO SCHOOLS IN BEAVER COUNTY THAT FALL IN THAT CLASSIFICATION.
UM, AND WE'RE DEALING, UM, ALSO WITH THE TEACHER TEACHER RETENTION AS IS SOME OF THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY AND ESPECIALLY IN THESE SCHOOLS.
AND I THINK THAT TENDS TO BE A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS. SO WE'RE, WE'RE DEALING WITH A TEACHER SHORTAGE, WHICH REALLY DOES ATTRIBUTE A LOT TO OUR PRIORITY, OUR, OUR, UH, OUR FAILING DISTRICTS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
UM, SO DURING 2019 WE HAD THE EDUCATION OVERALL BILL.
AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT SPEAKER LUCAS'S BILL AND SENATOR HENRY'S BILL, BOTH OF WHICH DIED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET THEM PASSED BEFORE WE ADJOURNED DUE TO THE COVID.
UM, SO WE HAVE SHIFTED IN 2020 THIS CAREER OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESS FOR ALL ACTS THAT, UM, SENATOR HENRY'S REALLY BEEN CHAMPIONING, UM, AND WOULD HOPEFULLY BEGIN TO, UM, TO HELP BUS WITH SOME OF THESE FAMOUS DISTRICTS.
UM, PRESENTLY WE HAVE TWO BILLS, SENATE BILL TWO OH ONE, WHICH IS ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THAT'S AGAIN, SENATOR HEMBREE WHO Y'ALL WILL REMEMBER IS CHAIR OF THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, AND IT WOULD PROVIDE INTERVENTION AND ASSISTANCE UNDER THE EAA ACT.
UM, THAT BILL HAS PASSED THE SENATE 42 TO ONE, AND IT IS A WAITING A COMMITTEE MEETING AND THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, UM, SENATE BILL FOUR 78 WOULD HAVE CONSOLIDATE IT, DID CONSOLIDATE, UM, CLARENDON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IT PASSED BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
AND JUST LAST WEEK, THE GOVERNOR VETOED THE BILL, UM, HIS VETO MESSAGE, UM, SAID THAT HE, HE JUST FELT LIKE THAT THIS WAS NOT, UM, NOT SOMETHING THAT HE SUPPORTED.
HE WAS COMPELLED TO REITERATE HIS LONGSTANDING CONCERNS THAT LOCAL OR SPECIAL LEGISLATION, UM, IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHOULD, SHOULD HANDLE, UM, AND CITED SOME CONSTITUTIONAL CONCERNS OVER THE LEGISLATION.
THE, UH, THE GOVERNOR'S VETO CAN BE OVERRIDDEN WITH A TWO THIRDS VOTE IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE HAS BEEN READ AND IT'S ON THE CALENDARS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
UM, SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE, UM, WHAT THEY DO, UM, AND THEY PROBABLY WILL OVERRIDE THE GOVERNOR'S VETO, BUT THAT'S REAL TIME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON, UM, ON THAT ISSUE.
UM, LET ME JUST MENTION A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT, UM, FROM COLUMBIA, UM, SENATOR MASSEY, WHO IS THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER IN THE SENATE, UM, FILED A BILL SENATE BILL FIVE 16 THAT WOULD REQUIRE TEACHER VACCINATIONS AND PRIORITIZE YOU ALL.
UM, IT ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE PUT YOU IN HEAD OF ONE B UM, THAT BILL PASSED THE SENATE AND IT SENT THE HOUSE, BUT WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY OF OPENING UP PHASE ONE B TO TEACHERS AND 55 AND OLDER, THEY MAY DETERMINE THAT THERE'S NO NEED.
AND CERTAINLY WITH JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE COMING ON BOARD, UM, THIS WEEK, IT MAY BE A SITUATION THAT HAS TAKEN CARE OF ITSELF, BUT NEVERTHELESS, THE SENATE FELT LIKE THAT YOU ALL NEEDED TO BE THE NEXT IN LINE.
THE TEACHERS NEEDED TO BE THE NEXT IN LINE, UM, FOR, FOR VACCINES.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THAT THAT'S OPENING UP FOR EVERYBODY, UM, MARCH 8TH, UM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, UM, 59 AND I CALLED TODAY AND GOT THE APPOINTMENT.
LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND WAYS AND MEANS WE'LL BE ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE THE WEEK OF MARCH 22ND.
WE'LL BE IN FULL COMMITTEE THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND SENATE FINANCE.
AND WE'LL BE, UM, UM, ON THEIR AGENDA THE WEEK OF APRIL 15TH.
AND AGAIN, WE LEAVE THE SECOND THURSDAY IN MAY, SO IT'S A LOT TO COVER AND A REALLY SHORT PERIOD OF, UH, SO THAT'S MY REPORT, DR.
GODS, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER,
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AND I WILL PROMISE YOU THAT AS I GET THIS INFORMATION REAL TIME, I WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE IT WITH YOU ALL.SO YOU WILL HAVE UP TO DATE INFORMATION AS WELL.
I, I SHOULD HAVE THAT BEFORE YOU STARTED INTRODUCED OUR TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT SIX.
WE HAVE ANGELA MIDDLE TASK AND FROM DISTRICT 11, WE HAVE APRONS GO RIDE.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TWO NEW BOUNDARIES AND WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO FOR THE BOARD.
I DON'T HAVE A REAL QUESTION, BUT I CAN COMMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO WITH NORTH, COME AROUND AND GET A SHOT.
TEACHERS SHOULD BE THE FIRST ONE TO GET THE SHOT.
WELL, I THINK WITH THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, THAT CERTAINLY WHAT THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED WAS THAT AS OF MARCH EIGHT, THAT THE VACCINE WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ALL 55 AND OLDER AND ALL TEACHERS.
SO I DON'T, I AGREE THAT IT HASN'T HAPPENED QUICKLY ENOUGH AND IT'S REALLY PUT YOU ALL AND OUR TEACHERS IN A LOT OF BAD SITUATIONS, BUT I FEEL LIKE, UM, THE LEGISLATURE, AT LEAST ON THE SENATE SIDE WAS TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM.
AND THE GOVERNOR OPENING UP TO ONE BE, I THINK WE'LL ADDRESS A LOT OF THOSE PROBLEMS, BUT IF YOU ALL NEED TO SEE HIS ANNOUNCEMENT FROM TODAY, UM, ROBIN, I'M HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU SO YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH THE BOARD AS WELL, WHICH OUTLINES ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE NOW ELIGIBLE.
UM, A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE STEP INCREASE, UH, FOR THE STEP INCREASE, WHO ALL DOES THAT ENTAIL? IT ENTAILS ALL THE CURRENT ELIGIBLE TEACHERS, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES NURSES AND ROTC MEMBERS OR ROTC OFFICIALS, NURSES.
SO WHEN YOU SAID NURSES ARE OUR TC, UH, SO WOULD THAT NOT BE, WOULD THAT NOT ENTAIL THE AUDIT PROFESSIONAL LICENSES OR JUST NURSES? SO THEY WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T UNTIL SOCIAL WORKERS, UH, GUIDANCE, COUNSELORS, YOUR SMITH.
I HAVE NOT SEEN A COPY OF THE AMENDMENT YET.
IT WAS ADOPTED THIS AFTERNOON.
IT'S NOT PUBLIC YET, BUT WHAT THEY SAID AT THE HEARING AND I WROTE IT DOWN SPECIFICALLY WAS ROTC AND SCHOOL NURSES AND TEACHERS.
SO LET ME SEND YOU THE LANGUAGE OF THAT TOMORROW.
UM, I SHOULD HAVE IT AVAILABLE BY TOMORROW AND I'LL SEND IT DOWN SO Y'ALL CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT, BUT THOSE WERE THE TWO SPECIFIC GROUPS THAT THEY MENTIONED OUTSIDE OF TEACHERS.
UM, AND THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE OTHER LICENSED PROFESSIONALS.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION.
I DON'T ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH.
GREATLY APPRECIATE THIS UPDATE.
UM, HI, THE QUESTION IS PROBABLY MORE LONG-TERM THAN, UM, SOMETHING DID BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT ONE OF YOUR BULLETS SAYS THAT TEACHERS WITH 23 PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WILL NOT RECEIVE PAYMENT.
HOWEVER, IS A STATE DOES NOT PAY FOR EXPERIENCE PAST 20 YEARS AND ALL YOUR EXPERIENCE AND TIME THAT FAMILIARITY OF THERE.
IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT COMPENSATING AND STEP INCREASES FOR OUR TEACHERS THAT HAVE MORE THAN 23 YEARS? I KNOW DIFFERENT DISTRICTS DO DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT AS AN OVERALL BLOCKER, THE ENTIRE STATE.
I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE CUT OFF AT 23 YEARS.
AND I THINK THAT SORT OF THE, THE FRAME AROUND IT IN WHEN THE WHOLE STEP INCREASE PROCEDURE WAS PUT INTO PLACE IN 2013 WAS THERE WAS SUCH A DIVIDE.
THERE'S SUCH A HUGE DIVIDE THAT THEY FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED TO CREATE PARITY.
UM, SO IT IS A CONSTANT CONVERSATION, UM, AND, AND CERTAINLY ONE THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE.
BUT I THINK THAT THE THINKING AT THE TIME THAT THE STEP INCREASES LEGISLATION WAS PUT INTO PLACE WAS TRYING TO REACH THAT PARITY.
THANK YOU AGAIN, LYNN, FOR JOINING US.
AND, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING THE INFORMATION FROM ROBIN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEND TO HER.
I WILL THANK Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
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GOT TO THE COMMITTEE REPORTS ON THE AGENDA.FIRST WE HAVE THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT CAUSE YOUR VINTAGE
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CHAIR.UH, WE HAVE TWO THINGS THIS EVENING.
UM, SO I, I HEAR EVERYBODY HAVING, UM, CYBER LATE, CAUSE I THINK OUR LAST COORDINATING THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE HAD 10 ITEMS. SO COMING THIS, THIS, NO, I'M NOT SAYING IT TO BE ANY SHORTER, BUT IT'S YOUR ITEMS. THE FIRST THING I WANT TO BRING UP FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION IS AT OUR LAST MEETING, THERE WAS A MOTION, UM, BANGED TO HAVE PE FIVE, EIGHT, FIVE, SIX NEPOTISM BROUGHT BACK DURING TODAY'S MEETING.
WE, WE DIDN'T, WE DO NOT HAVE IT BROUGHT BACK, UH, FOR EVERYONE'S CONSIDERATION BECAUSE I NEEDED A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION.
I BELIEVE YOU MADE THIS MOTION AND IT HAD TO DO WITH YOU WANTED MORE, UM, CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE REPORTING OF THE PES IN ITS LANGUAGE.
UM, AT THE END OF OUR MEETING, LAST TIME WE VOTED THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO TO OAK LEAVES AND NOW THIS PARTICULAR PE IS PART OF
AND I WANT TO KNOW THAT THE BOARDS WILL IS IF YOU WANT, PERHAPS THE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THIS WITH MS. WALTON AND COME UP WITH A SUGGESTION OR WHERE THE BOARD LIKE TO JUST MOVE THIS INTO IS GOING TO BE PART OF O E 10 AND THE NEXT, WHEN, WHEN ALL THE OES WILL WRITTEN WITH SIMILAR, UH, FORMATTING AND LANGUAGE.
SO I, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO BREAK BACK TO YOU BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT EXTREME CLARITY ON WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
GIVEN WE HAVE OUR POLICY REVISION POST COMMITTEE REPORT.
I WAS JUST GONNA, UM, TRY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION IN REGARD TO THAT PARTICULAR ONE, UM, FROM MY RECOLLECTION, AND I WAS TRYING TO PULL IT UP IN FOUR DOCS REAL QUICK.
UH, THE DRAFT VERSION THAT WE HAD, IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE.
IT JUST STATED WHAT THE, UM, THE PE WAS.
IT DIDN'T SAY THAT THERE HADN'T BEEN ANY INCIDENTS OF THAT OR THERE HAD BEEN A REPORT MADE.
SO IT REALLY WAS JUST A REGURGITATION OF THE ACTUAL PE AS OPPOSED TO ANY TYPE OF STATEMENT OF WHAT WAS DONE OR HOW COMPLIANCE WAS BEING ACHIEVED.
SO, UM, FOR, FOR THAT ONE, THAT WAS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THE RECOLLECTION THAT I HAD.
UM, AND I DO AGREE WITH YOU THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THINGS ARE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE CHANGING NOW THAT WE HAVE THE NEW POLICY MANUAL, UM, IN EFFECT.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE BOARD'S WILL IS IN THAT REGARD, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION WITH REGARD TO THE NEPOTISM.
SO, I MEAN, IT ALMOST SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S MOVED SINCE WE PASSED OUR POLICIES AND NOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I JUST DID NOT WANT THE MOTION, WHICH SAID IT WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK TODAY TO GO UNNOTICED OR UNEXPLAINED.
SO, UM, IT CERTAINLY WILL BE A BIG PART OF THE
I WAS JUST SORT OF KICKED BACK.
DOES IT NEED TO BE ACCEPTED OR NOT? I GUESS IS THE QUESTION YOU COULD TELL ME TO PUT IT UP ON A SCREEN WITH THE FRONT PAGE WAS LIKE, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ISN'T IT FOR THE PAST YEAR RETRO KIND OF ACTIVE.
I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER.
SO IT WAS COMPILED BY LAST NOVEMBER AND THEN AT THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, UM, BROUGHT IT FORWARD.
SO IT MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME TO PULL IT OUT, BUT BASICALLY LIKE DR.
WE SNAPPED, HE SAID HE JUST WAS MISSING A COMPLIANCE STATEMENT.
UM, MAYBE MS. WALTON COULD EVEN JUST VERBALLY TELL US, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE WAS NO ONE HIGHER THAN THAT WOULD HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, OPPOSED THE NEPOTISM RULE AND THAT MIGHT SATISFY THE BOARD.
BUT I WANT THE BOARD TO TELL THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, UM, HOW WE DISPOSE OF THAT MOTION AND NOT BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THAT MOTION.
DID YOU HEAR THAT MS. WONG? YES.
UM, I BELIEVE WHEN WE REPORTED OUT ON THAT PE UM, I, MY POINT WAS THERE WAS NON TO REPORT, HOWEVER, THAT WAS NOT ACTUALLY WRITTEN ON THE DOCUMENT AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT, UM, THIS IS, WAS DR.
SO, UM, I KNEW THAT WE ACCEPT THE, UM, THE ADDITIONAL ORAL REPORT BY MS. WALTON, UH, PE FIVE EIGHT, FIVE, SIX NEPOTISM.
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OKAY? YOU CAN GIVE IT TO HER.SHE'S SO PUSHY
SO ROBIN WILL LET YOU, UM, PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN.
THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO GET THAT.
I WAS LOOKING FOR THE DOCUMENT, SO, UM, I HAVE TO GO BACK CONSENT SINCE IT'S ALREADY ORAL, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WASTE TIME.
SO IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO, UH, THE MOTION? OKAY, SO THERE'D BE NO OPPOSITION, THE MOTION PASSES.
AND THE SECOND THING THIS EVENING IS THAT THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE HAD A SPECIAL CALL, AN OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING ON FEBRUARY 23RD.
AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING WAS TO HAVE A CONSTRUCTION OF THE DATE BY MR. ROBERT ODDING AND MR. ROB PORTMAN, UM, ABOUT THE YELLOW LIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWING, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION REPORTS.
AND SO IT ACTUALLY GOES BACK A LITTLE FURTHER THAN THE CLOCK MAY LAST MONTH, UM, GRABBED THIS UP AND WANTED A MORE DETAILED REPORT.
SO, UM, MR. ROTTING BROUGHT IT TO THE OPERATIONS TO ME WITH AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT THOSE, WHY THEY WERE YELLOW AND WHAT'S BEING DONE ABOUT IT.
UM, AND IT WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE CLOCK COMMITTEE, UM, TOMORROW EVENING.
SO I'M GOING TO PASS THIS OVER TO MR.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING DECISION MARY, YOU ARE WONDERFUL PROGRAM MANAGER WITH CVRE HARRY, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO PRESENT THIS REPORT THAT WE SHARED WITH THE OPERATION COMMITTEE, UH, AT THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING LAST WEEK ON FEBRUARY 23RD.
UH, ROBIN, IF YOU GO TO THE SLIDE NUMBER TWO, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST, UH, BEGIN WITH A HIGH-LEVEL RECAP OF THE BOND REFERENDUM.
UM, IT WAS PASSED IN 2019 AND NOVEMBER BY A LARGE, A POSITIVE VOTE FROM THE CITIZENS.
THE TOTAL FUNDS THAT WERE APPROVED, UH, 344 MILLION, $610,000.
AND WITH THOSE FUNDS, WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH, UH, A TOTAL OF 36 PROJECTS AND FINANCIAL FIGURES THROUGH THE END OF, UH, JANUARY 31ST, BECAUSE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, WE HAD NOT RECEIVED THE FINANCIAL FIGURES AS OF THE END OF FEBRUARY.
UH, THE PAY TO DATE FIGURE, UH, REPRESENTS, UH, ACTUAL WORK, IF YOU WILL, THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO PLACE, UH, IN PROGRESS TO A POINT OF ACCEPTANCE.
AND THAT, UH, FIGURE AS OF THE END OF JANUARY, IT WAS JUST OVER 47 MILLION.
THAT REPRESENTS JUST ABOUT 13.7% OF THE OVERALL BOND REFERENDUM, UH, LOOKING AT THE ENCUMBERED AND PAID TO DATE FIGURE THAT FIGURE IS, UH, 87,755,234 WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT FIGURE WOULD BE NOT ONLY DESIGN SERVICES THAT HAVE PROGRESSED TO THE POINT WHERE PAYMENTS OCCURRED, BUT ALSO THE ENCUMBRANCE OF THE, UH, TOTAL DESIGN FEE, AS WELL AS, UH, ENCUMBRANCE OF THE, UH, VARIOUS GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE PROPOSALS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FOR, UH, ALL OF THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK FIRMS. AND THAT FIGURE OF 87.7 MILLION REPRESENTS THAT ROUGHLY JUST OVER A QUARTER OF THE TOTAL BOND REFERENDUM HAD PROGRESS TO THAT POINT WHERE AS I SHARED WORKS, UM, UH, BEEN, UH, PROGRESS AND, UH, PLACED UNDER CONTRACTS.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE I WANTED TO INCLUDE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF A FRAMEWORK TO THE PROJECT CONTINGENCY BECAUSE WE WILL BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO UTILIZE, UH, SOME OF THE PROJECT CONTINGENCY IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT THE PROJECT CONTINGENCY, UH, I OFTEN REFER TO THE HIGHER LEVEL AS PROGRAM CONTINGENCY THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO, UH, BE USED FOR ANY OF THE, UH, BOARD APPROVED A BOND REFERENDUM PROJECTS, BUT THAT WAS
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CREATED BY BASICALLY TAKING JUST OVER 5.4% FROM EACH OF THE 36 BOND REFERENDUM PROJECTS AND PUTTING IT INTO A BUCKET THE, THAT TOTAL, UM, ON OR PROGRAM PROJECT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE REFERENDUM WAS $17,781,187.AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO COVER, UH, UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS OR, UH, CHANGES IN, UH, ACTUAL COSTS VERSUS WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY BUDGET BUDGETED WHEN THE REFERENDUM WAS PLANNED AND PRESENTED TO THE VOTERS BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2019 FOR APPROVAL, UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, CREATED A PROJECT CONTINGENCY LOG SO THAT WE CAN TRACK THE USE OF ANY OF THOSE, UM, CONTINGENCY FIGURES.
AND AS OF THE END OF JANUARY, WE HAD USED JUST, UH, AT $2,778,503 THAT REPRESENTS A 15.6% OF THE OVERALL CONTINGENCY.
UH, THE, THE REMAINING BALANCE.
THEREFORE, IF YOU DO, THE MATH IS JUST OVER $15 MILLION REPRESENTING THAT 85% OF, UH, THAT, UH, UH, CONTINGENCY STILL REMAINS.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER ON THE SLIDE BEFORE, WHEN I WAS RECAPPING THE ENCUMBERED AND PAID TO DATE FIGURES, THAT THAT REPRESENTED LOT PUTTING 25% OF THE PROGRAM UNDER CONTRACT AT THAT POINT, AND THIS LAST SLIDE THAT I WAS JUST RECAPPING ON, SLIDE THREE IS SUMMARIZING THAT WE TOOK FOR THAT WORK.
THAT'S BEEN PUT UNDER CONTRACT WHEN PROGRESSED, WE'VE ONLY UTILIZED, UH, 15% OF THE CONTINGENCY TO DATE.
AND AS I SAID, WE DO HAVE A PROJECT CONTINGENCY LOG THAT DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB OF DETAILING.
THE REASON AND RATIONALE BEHIND EACH AND EVERY YEAR IS WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS WERE THE DATE OF THAT, UH, USAGE.
AND THE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO CLOSE ON ON THIS SLIDE IS, IS THAT WE HAVE NOT USED ANY OF THE PROGRAM CONTINGENCY SINCE SEPTEMBER 15TH OF 2020.
UM, SO FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE NOT USING THE CONTINGENCY QUICKER THAN, UH, WE HAD ANTICIPATED, OR AS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PROGRESS OF WORK PUT IN PLACE TO DATE, THIS NEXT SLIDE FOUR HAS BEEN PUT IN TO PROVIDE THE BOARD AND CITIZENS, UH, AN IDEA THAT OUR PROJECTS ARE NOT ONLY PROGRESSING ON A TIMELY MANNER.
THEY'RE PROGRESSING REALLY IN AN EXCELLENT BUDGET FASHION AS WELL LISTED ON THIS SHEET ARE SOME OF OUR RECENT, UM, UH, SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS AT RIVER RIDGE ACADEMY, MAY RIVER HIGH SCHOOL AND BUFORD ELEMENTARY, UH, THAT THROUGH OUR ANALYSIS BY THE QUARTERS INDICATED WITH OUR TARGET CLOSE OUTS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE, W W WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE AND BE ABLE TO RETURN TO, UM, THE DISTRICTS CONTINGENCY PROJECTED SAVINGS AT RIVER RIDGE OF 1.1 MILLION AT MAY RIVER.
OUR PROJECTED SAVINGS ARE 2.7 MILLION AT BUFORD ELEMENTARY, 1.9 MILLION.
AND SINCE WE ARE ROUTING A, A AMENDMENT FOR CVRE HEARING SERVICES, OUR FIRST YEARS OF, UH, SERVICE WITH THE DISTRICT, WE DID COMPLETE THAT UNDER OUR, UH, GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE THAT WE HAD FURNISHED.
AND WE ARE RETURNING SAVINGS OF 178,627 THAT WE FULLY EXPECT SAVINGS TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK FROM EACH PROJECT.
UM, BECAUSE, UH, EACH PROJECT DOES INCLUDE A CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY, UH, WITH EACH OF THE GMPS, AND WE'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB MONITORING AND MANAGING THOSE FUNDS, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO RETURN A GOOD PORTION OF THOSE AS WE CLOSE OUT PROJECTS, UH, THIS YEAR AND IN THE YEARS TO COME TOTAL, UH, OF THE FIGURES ON THIS PAGE ARE 5 MILLION, 878,627.
THAT WILL BE USED IN A CALCULATION THAT YOU'LL SEE COMING UP HERE IN A LITTLE BIT ON A SLIDE FIVE ROBIN, A RECAP OF OUR TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE SCOPES, UH, IN THE BOND REFERENDUM, WE HAVE 28 PROJECTS, UH, TO DATE WE'VE, UH, COMPLETED THE DESIGNS FOR 10 OF THOSE PROJECTS.
WE HAVE TWO THAT HAVE THE GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND THE GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHTS INDICATE THAT THEY DO THOSE PROJECTS DO NOT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING
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FROM, UH, THE CONTINGENT SAY THERE'S EIGHT THOUGH, THAT DO REQUIRE IT.AND I'LL GET INTO THOSE, UH, HERE SHORTLY.
UH, WE HAVE ALSO COMMENCED THE DESIGN FOR EIGHT ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEGUN SINCE THE FALL OF, UH, LAST YEAR.
AND WE STILL HAVE 10 FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE STARTING IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS, UH, YEAR.
SO THAT, UH, ONCE AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS TO LAUNCH THESE A LITTLE EARLIER THAN WE DID THAT THE FIRST YEAR ONE PROJECT.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME, UH, TO PROGRESS THE DESIGNS IN A TIMELY MANNER AND POSITION OURSELVES FOR BRINGING FORWARD THE GMPS TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AND TO ALLOW ORDERING OF THE EQUIPMENT IN A TIMELY MANNER.
THE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS SLIDE IS THAT EACH OF THE PROJECTS, UH, AS IT COMES TO THEIR TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SCOPES, WE HAVE TREATED THEM EQUALLY AND CONSISTENTLY FROM PROJECT TO PROJECT.
YES, EACH PROJECT HAS ITS OWN NUANCES, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AND DEPLOYMENT, WE HAVE INSURED THROUGH OUR, UM, PLAN REVIEWS AND MULTIPLE MEETINGS THAT WE WANT TO BE DOING THE EXACT SAME TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, SCOPES, UH, AT EACH OF THE CAMPUSES, SO THAT EACH ONE WILL HAVE THE SAME, UH, CAPABILITIES WHEN WE FINISH AND LEAVE THOSE CAMPUSES.
THIS NEXT SLIDE IS SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO HELP US CONTROL THESE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, STILL DELIVERING ON EACH OF THE COMMITMENTS THAT WERE MADE TO THE CITIZENS AND VOTERS THAT SUPPORTED THE BOND.
AND TO GO IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, I'M GOING TO ASK KEVIN KELLY WITH MY OFFICE TO SPEAK TO THIS SLIDE.
AND THEN, UH, UH, KEVIN'S GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MARK SHANAHAN SO THAT HE CAN ALSO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THESE, UH, ITEMS AND EXAMPLES THAT ARE LISTED ON THIS PAGE.
SO KEVIN, IF YOU COULD HELP ME PLACE.
UM, AS ROBERT WOULD JUST ARRIVED WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES, AND THESE ARE GENERAL EXAMPLES THAT CAN BE USED ON ALL OF OUR IP PROJECTS AND ALL OF THE DISTRICTS, UH, SCHOOLS AND STUFF, SUCH AS REDUCTIONS IN CONDUITS REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DATA OUTLETS AND DATA CABLING, UH, THE USE OF A BOOK, CABLING AGREEMENT, UH, OPTIMIZING SECURITY CAMERAS, WHICH ACTUALLY IS A VERY GOOD, UH, TOOL WE'RE USING OPTIMIZE MOTION SENSORS TO WHERE THEY'RE, UH, LINKEDIN WITH OUR SECURITY CAMERAS, REUSE OF EXISTING CARD READERS, UH, AND USING SINGLE CAT SIX CABLE ON ALL OF OUR WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS, UH, COMBINING SINGLE SA, UH, SINGLE SENSOR DEVICES.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT LIKE, UH, THE SLIDE SAYS THESE CAN BE UTILIZED ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT EACH PROJECT IS UNIQUE IN ITS OWN.
THE, UH, SOME OF THEM, THE, UH, AS YOU KNOW, FROM GOING OUT TO YOUR SCHOOLS AND SEEING WHAT YOU'VE GOT IN YOUR, UH, YOUR DISTRICTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SOME OF THEM GOT OPEN CORRIDORS.
SOME OF THEM GOT ENCLOSED CORRIDORS, WHICH MAKE EACH ONE OF OUR DESIGN STANDARDS, A LITTLE UNIQUE EACH TIME WE VISIT A SITE.
SO, UH, THAT BEING SAID, UH, THE REFERENDUM FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE UTILIZED FOR ONLY FOR THE NEW SWITCHES AND THE UPS DEVICES.
AND, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, IT SWABY OR SWELL DAY, THE, UH, UBS AS FOR AN UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY WITH SURGE PROTECTION.
SO IT'S LIKE A FANCY WORD FOR THE BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEM.
CAUSE DURING OUR OPERATION COMMITTEE, WE DID GIVE SOME QUESTIONS AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO HEAR SOME OF THIS DIALOGUE, BUT GIVE US, GIVE A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF WHAT SOME OF THESE TRANSLATED TO AS FAR AS OVERALL COST REDUCTIONS ON A PROJECT LEVEL.
AND THEN THOSE PROJECT LEVELS CAN BE, YOU KNOW, EXPANDED ON FOR EACH OF THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS THAT ARE, UH, GETTING THE SAME TREATMENT.
SO IF YOU COULD GIVE A COUPLE OF THE EXAMPLES, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VALUABLE IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO LIKE THE FIRST ONE RIGHT OFF THE BAT WOULD BE THE CONDUIT REDUCTION AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THE CONDUIT, UH, YOU GUYS ALL KNOW CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE COVID AND THE WORLD EVENTS AND THE, UH, ALL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS NATIONWIDE AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE ALL GOING TO NOW ENHANCING THEIR TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AND SERVICES AND STUFF, WHICH MAKES THE PRODUCTS VERY HIGH IN DEMAND.
THE, UH, SOLAR REDUCTION IN CONDUITS, UH, ON SEVERAL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT SO FAR, ONE OF THEM IS GOING
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TO BE TALKED ABOUT LATER.THE, UH, THE INITIAL COST OF THAT CONDUIT WAS REDUCED BY 50% TAKING IT.
THE PROJECTS OVERALL BUDGET WAS REDUCED ON THE T1 BY ALMOST, UH, $300,000 ON ONE OF OUR PROJECTS JUST BY TAKING THAT CONDUIT OUT THE, UH, THE OPTIMIZING, THE CAMERAS.
THAT'S ANOTHER VERY BIG ONE, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SECURITY SIDE OF IT IS, IS WE WANT 360 DEGREE COVERAGE OF THAT BUILDING EVERYTHING, EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY AND STUFF LIKE THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF GOING FOR A MORE OPTIMIZED CAMERA SYSTEM, WE WENT AND WE REALLY LOOKED AT WHERE WE COULD UTILIZE ENHANCED CAMERAS THAT HAVE A 360 DEGREE VIEW INSTEAD OF 180 DEGREE VIEW.
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN FOUR CAMERAS IN THAT LOCATION, AND WE REDUCED IT TO ONE, THREE 60 CAMERA THAT PULLED OUT THREE CABLES OR THREE CAT, SIX CABLES.
AND THE COST OF A CAT SIX CABLE IS QUITE EXPENSIVE.
THE, UH, AND THAT ALSO LEADS TO CAMERA FIVE CAMERAS TO THE THREE, THE TYPES OF CAMERAS THAT WE ALSO, UH, LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE NEEDED TO UTILIZE A FIVE MEGAPIXEL CAMERA.
THOSE ONES STILL REMAIN, BUT WHERE WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE THE VIEWING DISTANCE WAS NOT AS FAR A TWO MEGA PIXEL CAMERA WOULD DO QUITE WELL FOR THE PURPOSES THAT THE DISTRICT HAS.
SO JUST THE COST DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A TWO MEGAPIXEL CAMERA AND A FIVE MEGAPIXEL CAMERA CAME INTO PLAY AND HAS HELPED US TO ONCE AGAIN, CONTROL THESE COSTS AND, UH, UH, APPLY THESE UNIFORMLY ACROSS THE, UH, THE, THE DISTRICT'S PROJECTS.
UM, UH, MARK, I, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAYBE, UH, UH, SHARE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT CAME UP, UH, ON THIS SLIDE AS WELL, UH, AT THE OPERATION, UH, WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INPUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO SHARE AS WELL.
UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UH, REDUCTIONS I SAW, WELL, WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM, UM, THREE YEARS AGO, UM, BASICALLY GIVING A ROUGH IDEA OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAD IN PLACE.
UM, EVERY CLASSROOM HAD TWO CAT, SIX CABLES IN THE CEILING FOR THE WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS.
THAT WAS THE STANDARD AT THE TIME.
AND THAT WAS THE LIMITATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY AT THE TIME.
UM, WE'VE JUST COMPLETED OUR NEW RFP OF EXTREME WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY.
AND THE NEW ACCESS POINT IS OVER THREE TIMES AS FAST AS THE OLD ONE, WHILE ONLY UTILIZING THE ONE SINGLE CAT SIX, A CONNECTION, UM, AND MOST PEOPLE WOULD THINK THAT ONE CAT SIX, A LINE IN A BUILDING DOESN'T SEEM LIKE MUCH, BUT WHEN YOU MULTIPLY THAT ACROSS OUR ROUGHLY 1700 CLASSROOMS, UM, FOR YOUR COST OF YOUR SINGLE CAT SIX, IT'S A HUGE CHUNK OF MONEY.
UM, AND THESE ARE SAVINGS THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY REVIEWING AND UPDATING AS THE NEW TECHNOLOGY DEEMS IT APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROJECT.
AND MARK, I THINK ALSO BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS SLIDE, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT FROM THE DESIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, RECOGNIZING SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL COSTS, THE, THE SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD, UH, APPROVE THE USE OF THE CONTINGENCY ON THAT, UH, THE, THESE SYSTEMS WILL SERVE THE DISTRICT'S NEEDS WELL INTO THE FUTURE.
I MEAN, I LOOK AT THE, UM, THE PA SYSTEMS WE'RE INSTALLING, I REALLY WOULDN'T CALL THEM A PA ANYMORE.
UM, THE ONES WE HAVE ARE CURRENTLY POWERED BY AMPS AND OLD TELEPHONE CABLE, IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, THE NEW SYSTEMS ARE, UM, STATE OF THE ART.
THEY'RE COMPLETELY ADDRESSABLE BY EACH ROOM.
UM, IT'S VERY HELPFUL IN A SCHOOL SETTING BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY OUR CLASSROOMS AND POPULATION CHANGE YEAR TO YEAR.
SO JUST TAKES A FIFTH GRADE WING.
FOR EXAMPLE, THAT FIFTH GRADE GRADE A WING MAY EXPAND OVER INTO THE FOURTH GRADE WING.
WELL, IN OUR PREVIOUS SETUP, ALL THE FOURTH GRADE WOULD ONLY GET THAT ONE ANNOUNCEMENT.
WELL, NOW WE CAN DO SPECIAL GROUPS INSIDE THE SOFTWARE.
SO ALL THE FIFTH GRADERS WOULD BE ALERTED AT THE SAME TIME.
OTHER COOL FEATURES ARE MUSIC ON, UM, IN THE HALLWAYS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T AGREE WITH IT, BUT ACCORDING TO A LOT OF YOUR LATEST, UH, EDUCATIONAL, UH, STUDIES, UM, MUSIC HELPS,
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UH, RELAX AND EASE THE MINDS OF OUR CHILDREN.AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THAT IN THESE TIMES IS VERY HELPFUL.
UH, MOVING ON ROBIN TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, W ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK TO ACCOMPLISH IS LESSONS LEARNED.
AND NOW ON A PROGRAM OF THIS SIZE IN, FOR THE DURATION OF FOUR YEARS, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT LESSONS LEARNED AT LEAST FOUR TO EIGHT TIMES ON THIS PROGRAM, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO REFINE AND IMPROVE ON, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THIS BOND REFERENDUM, BUT ALSO TO POSITION THE DISTRICT SO THAT WHEN THEY, UH, ARE READY TO, UH, GO DOWN AND ENDEAVOR WITH THE NEXT BOND REFERENDUM, THAT, UH, THEY'LL BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO HAVE A LITTLE SMOOTHER SAILING AND ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF THE GATE.
UM, THE, THE LESSONS THAT WE LEARNED HERE, UH, UH, SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE, UH, EXACT SESSION INDEFINITELY.
THIS WAS COVERED AT THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, BUT THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE STANDARDS, UH, WE WOULD HAVE REALLY HAVE BENEFITED GREATLY IF THE, THAT THOSE STANDARDS COULD HAVE BEEN DEFINED EARLIER, BUT IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY WITH ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING ON, YOU KNOW, ON A NATIONAL BASIS BECAUSE OF COVID AND THE NEEDS OF THIS DISTRICT AND WHAT THEY HAD PLANNED TO DO WITH THE BOND REFERENDUM FUNDS, WE ARE REALLY SETTING THE BAR, UH, FOR K-12 TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE STANDARDS HERE IN THE STATE.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO TO ONE OF OUR ADJACENT NEIGHBORS AND UTILIZE SOME OF THEIR, UH, UH, ITEMS THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY, UH, UH, APPLIED AND HAD LESSONS LEARNED.
UM, AND BECAUSE OF THOSE STANDARDS WERE NOT NECESSARILY FULLY DEFINED EARLIER.
UH, THE OTHER PIECE THAT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF IT WAS THAT WE HAD BUDGETS TO PRESET, UH, A LITTLE EARLIER, UH, IN THE PROCESS AS THE, UH, SIZE OF THE BOND WAS BEING DETERMINED AND GOING TO BE VOTED ON BY THE VOTERS.
UH, SO THOSE BUDGETS WERE, UH, DEVELOPED BASED ON BEST KNOWLEDGE AT THE TIME, BUT THEY WERE ONCE AGAIN, UH, AT BEST DOLLARS PER SQUARE FOOT FIGURES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, TO GET A BET, A BETTER IDEA, YOU EITHER NEEDED TO HAVE EXPERIENCE THIS BAR WHERE IT SAT AT, SO THAT YOU HAD BETTER COST PER SQUARE FOOT BUDGETS TO GO INTO, OR YOU COULD HAVE, UH, PAID SOME ADVANCED DESIGN FUNDS TO PROGRESS THE DRAWINGS FURTHER SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE GOT SOME, UH, BUDGETARY COST INFORMATION BACK.
THE SECOND WOULD REQUIRE A COMMITMENT TO USE SOME FUNDS AND MANY DISTRICTS, UH, WHEN THEY'RE, UH, APPROACHING A BOND REFERENDUM VOTE.
UM, THE, THE AVAILABILITY OF THOSE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS IS SOMETIMES LIMITED.
SO, UH, GOING FORWARD, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED TO DATE ON THESE VARIOUS TECHNOLOGY PACKAGES.
SO WE COULD DO SOME BETTER MODELING, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
UM, YOU HEARD ME MENTION A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT STARTING OUR, UH, MOST RECENT PROJECTS LAST FALL, AND WE'LL BE STARTING THE REMAINING ONES COMING UP IN THE FALL OF THIS YEAR, UH, BY STARTING DESIGNS EARLIER, WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO CRITIQUE THE VARIOUS PLAN REVIEWS AND ALSO TO GET COST ESTIMATING, UH, FIGURES IN EARLIER, SO THAT, UH, THAT INFORMATION CAN BE REVIEWED AND ACTED UPON, UM, OBVIOUSLY ALL THE, UH, EXAMPLES THAT KEVIN AND MARK SPOKE TO ON THE SLIDE, JUST PREVIOUS TO THIS, WE ARE APPLYING THOSE TO EVERY ONE OF THE PROJECTS FOR CONSISTENCY, UH, THE, THE COVID-19, UM, UH, PANDEMIC, NOBODY SAW THIS COMING, AND IT HAS DEFINITELY RESULTED IN SUPPLY AND DEMAND CHALLENGES, NOT ONLY FOR K-12 DISTRICTS, IT'S ALSO IMPACTED THE HIGHER ED AS WELL AS BUSINESSES BECAUSE AT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE ENTITIES ARE ADDRESSING THEIR TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO HELP SUPPORT HOW BUSINESS AND EDUCATION IS BEING DELIVERED IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES.
UH, BUT LAST BUT NOT LEAST ON THIS SLIDE, IT IS A LESSON THAT HAS BEEN LEARNED AND IS STILL APPLICABLE IN THIS CASE, CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE COSTS AS DESIGNS PROGRESS.
UH, IT DOES GIVE YOU MORE OPPORTUNITY.
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CHALLENGES TO MAKE SOME SYSTEM CHANGES EARLY ON WITHOUT HAVING A, UM, UH, A REDUCED, UH, UH, RESULT OF THOSE SAVINGS.IF YOU DO, YOU KNOW, CHANGES IN THE 11TH HOUR, OFTEN THE TRADE-OFFS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTRA DESIGN TIME MAY BE DIMINISHED BY WHAT THE ACTUAL PRICING WILL BE WHEN THAT OCCURS.
BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR LESSONS LEARNED AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THE BUILDING PROGRAM.
AND IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE LESSONS LEARNED ARE APPLICABLE TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE STEPS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, EXECUTING A K12 PROJECT, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, A SMALLER ONE OR ONE OF OUR MORE MAJOR ONES, THE TOUCH POINTS ARE ALL THE SAME FOR ITSELF.
THE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUY LESSONS LEARNED ARE THERE FOR EVERY PROJECT, THE NEXT SLIDE MOVING RIGHT ALONG, UH, ADDRESS, UH, THE OTHER NEED THAT WAS SHARED WITH THE OPERATION COMMITTEE.
AND IT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL, UH, BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL, HAVING SOME BUDGETARY, UH, CONCERNS SPECIFIC TO THE ATHLETICS PHASE TWO.
BUT LET ME BEGIN WITH THE INFORMATION ON THIS SLIDE HERE, OUR ORIGINAL TOTAL FUNDING OUT AT BUFORD HIGH FROM THE REFERENDUM, JUST OVER 9 MILLION.
WE DID HAVE SOME, UH, PRIOR ADJUSTMENTS FROM CONTINGENCY USE FOR SAFETY SECURITY, WHICH WAS THE INTERCOM ACCESS CONTROL SECURITY INTRUSION AND DETECTION, AS WELL AS A REPLACEMENT OF A MAIN ELECTRICAL BREAKER THAT WAS REQUIRED BY THE OSF, UH, INSPECTOR.
AND FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE PRESENT WITH WHO OSF IS AT HIS OFFICE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES OUT OF COLUMBIA, THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF DOING ALL PLAN REVIEWS AND FIELD INSPECTIONS.
AND WHEN WE HAD THE INSPECTOR COME OUT AT BUFORD HIGH LAST FALL TO DO AN INSPECTION, HE DETERMINED THAT THE MAIN ELECTRICAL BREAKER, UH, DID NO LONGER MEET CODE AND WAS A SAFETY CONCERN AND REQUIRED TO BE REPLACED.
SO THAT THAT'S, UH, THE EXPLANATION OF SOME CONTINGENCY USE PREVIOUSLY TODAY.
BUT OUR CURRENT TOTAL BUDGET IS 9 MILLION, $326,970.
A RECAP OF THE FINANCIAL FIGURES TOTAL PAID TO DATE THROUGH THE END OF JANUARY ARE LISTED AT THE BOTTOM, JUST OVER 4 MILLION, THE ENCUMBERED AND PAID TO DATE, UH, JUST UNDER 7.9 MILLION.
BUT WE DO HAVE A REMAINING AVAILABLE ATHLETIC FUND BALANCE AS SHOWN.
THERE THAT'S $1,337,891 THAT THAT WILL COME IN THE FOLLOWING, UH, FOR THE SCOPE ON AT BUFORD HIGHWAY, REALLY CREATED TWO PHASES TO EXECUTE THIS PHASE.
ONE INCLUDED THE SCOPE THAT YOU SEE THERE.
THAT'S THE STADIUM FEEL THAT WE PUT DOWN THE PRESS BOX WAS DUG OUT, UH, FENCING FOR THE BASEBALL, SOFTBALL FIELDS SITE LIGHTING.
WE CREATED THE NEWS CURATE ENTRY, BEST YOU BILL.
WE, UH, CREATED NINE TECHNOLOGY AND I'M GOING TO USE ROOMS INSTEAD OF CLOSETS.
UM, SO OFTEN IN THE PAST, UH, WHEN PROJECTS WERE DESIGNED, UM, THE PROGRAM SPACES WERE RADICALLY, UH, SIZED, BUT AS YOU WENT DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER AND DEALT WITH HPAC, UH, ROOMS AND ELECTRICAL ROOMS, AND EVENTUALLY GOT TO TECHNOLOGY NEEDS FOR THEIR SPACES, IT WAS REALLY CLOSETS OFTEN.
AND WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO WITH THAT PHASE ONE WAS CREATE THE PROPER SIZE TECHNOLOGY ROOMS, SO THAT NOT ONLY WOULD IT HOUSED THE EQUIPMENT ADEQUATELY, IT WOULD PROVIDE THIS, THE CIRCULATION SPACE NECESSARY TO, UH, GET AROUND THAT AND PROPERLY SERVICE IT.
UH, PHASE ONE ALSO INCLUDED THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, AUDIO AND LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS AND THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, THE SEATING AND CARPET REPLACEMENT, AS WELL AS IT PACKAGES AND ALLOWANCE FIGURES IN YET THE STATUS OF THE PHASE ONE, ALL OF THAT WORK.
I JUST RECAP WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS, GNH HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
THOSE OTHER ONES REMAIN, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD HERE SHORTLY AND ON THE NEXT PAGE, IT'LL TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT OUR PHASE TWO ATHLETIC SCOPE IS.
THAT'S THE ADDITION FOR THE WEIGHT, FOR THE WRESTLING WEIGHT ROOM LOCKER ROOMS AND AN OFFICE WE'RE GOING TO GO IN AND RENOVATE THE EXISTING WEIGHT ROOM TO CREATE AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OFFICE CONFERENCE ROOM AND A STORAGE.
UH, ALSO INCLUDED IN THE REFERENDUM SCOPE IS OUT AT THE PRACTICE FIELD.
UH, THERE'S A NEEDS TO CREATE A SET OF GROUP RESTROOMS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS,
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AS WELL AS A SMALL STORAGE SPACE IN THAT ADDITION.UM, AND THEN, UH, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BLEACHERS IN THE MAIN GYM WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT WORK IS WE'RE, UH, W WHAT I REPEAT WHEN I PREPARED THE REPORT AND PROVIDED IT LAST WEEK, WE'RE AT 95% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE, WE'RE SITTING RIGHT ON TOP OF A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND AS YOU HEARD ME MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU'LL SEE A YELLOW FLAG THERE FOR THE BUDGET.
AND THOSE YELLOW FLAGS ARE BEING CREATED FROM A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PRESSURE POINTS THAT I PUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, THE, UH, UH, WEIGHT ROOM SIZE, UM, COMPARED TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROGRAMMED AND WAS PREVIOUSLY THE DISTRICT STANDARD.
THE SIZE OF THAT W UH, WAS, UH, UH, APPROXIMATELY IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 2000 SQUARE FEET, BUT WE DID AN ANALYSIS.
THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO USE THAT SPACE FOR PAULA POLY.
PALO METRICS, WHICH IS AN EXERCISE ROUTINE THAT INVOLVES REPEATED RAPID STRETCHING AND, UH, CONTRACTING, UH, MUSCLES, A LOT OF JUMPING AND REBOUNDING AND OUR HISTORICAL WEIGHT ROOM SIZES IN THE PAST DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF CIRCULATION.
AND THAT RAISES A LOT OF SAFETY CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS, UH, DELIVERY MODEL OF POLY METRICS THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN IT.
SO, UH, WE DID LOOK AT, UH, MAKING A COMPROMISE AND INCREASING THAT WEIGHT ROOM BY ROUGHLY 500 SQUARE FEET.
UH, UH, AND WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT IN THE REVISED DISTRICT STANDARDS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL WEIGHT ROOMS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT STILL REMAIN IN THE BOND REFERENDUM, BUT ALSO YOU'LL HAVE OTHERS IN THE FUTURE.
BUT, UH, I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT DOES ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERNS AND WILL BE, UH, ADEQUATELY SIZED TO, UH, PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS THAT IT'S INTENDED TO.
UH, LIKEWISE WHEN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS ESTABLISHED, THERE WAS THOUGHT THAT WITH THAT CAMPUS, HAVING A CENTRAL PLANT HPAC SYSTEM, THAT THERE WAS EXISTING CAPACITY THAT COULD BE TAPPED INSTEAD OF HAVING TO BUY ADDITIONAL, UH, UH, AIR CONDITIONING CAPACITY.
UH, THE ENGINEER UPON STARTING THE PROJECT, HE DOVE RIGHT INTO HIS CALCULATIONS, AND UNFORTUNATELY REPORTED BACK THAT THERE WAS NO SPARE CAPACITY PRESENT IN THE CENTRAL PLANT.
SO THAT REQUIRED US TO HAVE TO PLAN ON PURCHASING ADDITIONAL TONI FOR, UH, MEETING THE COOLING NEEDS.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM THERE, SEE THAT THE LOCATION OF OUR ADDITION, IT IS PROPERLY SPOTTED ON THE CAMPUS.
IT, IT COULDN'T BE IN THE BA BETTER LOCATION.
HOWEVER, LIKEWISE, IT COULDN'T BE ANY FURTHER AWAY FROM OUR ELECTRICAL ROOM.
SO THE COST TO BRING HIM POWER ALL THE WAY FROM THE LOCATION OF THE EXISTING ROOM, TO WHERE THIS NEW ADDITION IS GOING, THAT, THAT, THAT HAD PUT BUDGET PRESSURE ON IT AS WELL.
UM, ONCE WE BEGAN TO ANALYZE THE NEW GROUP RESTROOMS FOR THE PRACTICE FIELD, WHERE THAT PRACTICE FIELD IS LOCATED, UH, WE HAD A CIVIL ENGINEER DOING AN EVALUATION, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE COULD NOT DO A GRAVITY SANITARY WASTE SYSTEM.
SO TO ADDRESS THAT, THAT REQUIRES US TO PUT IN A LIFT STATION AND A FORCE MAIN, WHICH COMES WITH A PREMIUM COST AS WELL.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ARE SEEING COVID-19 ECONOMY, ESCALATION COSTS FOR MATERIALS AND LABOR THAT ARE COMING INTO PLAY HERE AT BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
NOW THE, THAT X PAGE IS THE RECOMMENDED USE OF THE PROJECT CONTINGENCY FUNDS.
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ORGANIZED IT INTO TWO SECTIONS.
THE FIRST SECTION IS A RECAP OF WHAT WAS SHARED EARLIER REGARDING THE TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE AS EACH OF THE PROJECTS THAT, UH, WILL, UH, UH, REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY, SECURITY, UH, SCOPES, AND THE REASON WHY I WANT TO INCLUDE SAFETY, SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE JOINTLY THESE TWO CATEGORIES INTERTWINE QUITE FREQUENTLY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TECHNOLOGY PIECES AND PARTS THAT SUPPORT THE VARIOUS SAFETY ITEMS. UH, BUT AS YOU GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE LINES IN TOTAL UP THE SUBTOTAL, UH, FOR THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY SECURITY, UH, IS
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COMING WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM CVRE HEARING TO PROVIDE FUNDING FROM CONTINGENCY FOR THAT SCOPE OF AN ADDITIONAL 7 MILLION, $290,000, UH, AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT SLIDE IS WHERE WE, UH, ARE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL PHASE TWO ATHLETICS.UH, THE REMAINING FUNDS THAT, THAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM ATHLETICS, THAT WAS ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
WHEN A, YOU TAKE THAT $1,337,891, UH, VERSUS OUR COSTS, UH, GMP PRICE PROPOSAL THAT WE RECEIVED FROM, UH, THOMPSON TURNER CONSTRUCTION, WE WILL NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, AT THE TIME OF THE BRIEFING TO THE OPERATION COMMITTEE, THAT FIGURE WAS REPORTED AT 2 MILLION, $300,000.
BUT, UM, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE ENTIRE TEAM OF THE DESIGNER, THE CM, OUR, UH, TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS AND, UH, INTERNAL OPERATION STAFF.
AND THE FIGURE THAT WE ARE PREPARED TO BRING FORWARD AT BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL RELATED TO THE PHASE TWO ATHLETICS IS UNDERNEATH OF THIS, FIGURE THIS ON THIS SHEET HERE.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S OUR GOAL IN PREPARING THIS, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A FIGURES THAT WE FELT WERE SAFE AND COMFORTABLE, UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO RETURN AMENDMENTS WHEN WE HAVE THAT DOCUMENTATION PREPARED, UH, TO DEMONSTRATE THAT, HEY, WE'RE UNDERNEATH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 2.3 THAT WAS SHARED AT BUFORD HIGH, THE SUM OF THOSE TWO FIGURES FOR TECHNOLOGY ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND THE ATHLETICS THAT BUFORD HIGH IS $9,590,000.
AND WITH THAT SAID, I'VE PUT A LITTLE SUMMARY TOGETHER AT, UH, AND, UH, WHERE, WHEN WE LOOK BIG PICTURE OF WHERE WE WILL BE AT THE END OF 2021, THAT'D BE FOURTH QUARTER, UH, WE'RE WE'RE FORECASTING A CONTINGENCY BALANCE STILL AT THAT TIME OF 11 MILLION, $291,310.
HOW DOES THAT OCCUR? OCCURS AS I'VE SHOWN BELOW, WE'VE GOT OUR CURRENT AVAILABLE CONTINGENCY BALANCE, JUST OVER 15 MILLION.
WE WILL BE, UM, MAKING A USE THAT WAS RECOMMENDED OF THE CONTINGENCY ON THE SLIDE BEFORE 9 MILLION, 590,000.
SO THAT WOULD BE SUBTRACTED, BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO CLOSE ON OUR PROJECTS AND RETURN SAVINGS TO CONTINGENCY, THOSE FUNDS ARE 5 MILLION, 878,627 CURRENTLY FORECAST.
UH, SO, UH, AT, UH, THE END OF THIS YEAR, WE'LL STILL HAVE 11 MILLION, $291,000.
AND WHEN YOU PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, THE NEXT SLIDE WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THAT OUR CONTINGENCY USED WOULD BE FORECAST AT THE END OF Q4 TO ONLY BE AT 36 AND A HALF PERCENT.
AND FOR CLARITY PURPOSES, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANYBODY IN FOLLOWING THIS MATH.
PLUS OUR RECOMMENDED COMMUNITY CONTINGENCY IS PLUS WHAT'S COMING BACK INTO CONTINGENCY FROM SAVINGS DIVIDED BY THE ORIGINAL CONTINGENCY AMOUNT OF 17,000,007 81, ONE 87, YOU GET 36 AND A HALF PERCENT.
AND TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, WHERE WILL WE BE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR WHEN WE PUT OUR PAID TO DATE, UH, FIGURES WITH OUR ENCUMBERED, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE MANY MORE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AMENDMENTS AWARDED TO THE VARIOUS CMES.
AND ONCE WE HAVE A GMP, THOSE GMPS ARE IN PLACE TO PREVENT ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, FIGURES GOING ABOVE THAT GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD ALLOW IT TO GO ABOVE IT AS IF WE'VE CHANGED, UH, A SCOPE ITEM, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT IF WE'VE GOT 50% OF THE PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN, UH, MAKING GREAT HEADWAY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, AND WE'VE ONLY USED 36 AND A HALF PERCENT OF THE BUDGETED CONTINGENCY, WE SEE THAT REALLY IN A, YOU KNOW, AN EXCELLENT POSITION TO BE IN, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE FLIP-FLOPPED ON THIS, WHERE WE HAD USED, FOR EXAMPLE, 50% OF THE CONTINGENCY, BUT HAD ONLY PROGRESSED TO LIKE 36% OF THE WORK, YOU KNOW, UNDER CONTRACT TO DATE, THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
AND IT'S, IT'S ALSO WHY WE'VE MADE THE RECOMMENDATION.
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TONIGHT.YOU DIDN'T HEAR ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DOING A BASE BID AND THEN, AND THEN PREPARING ALTERNATES TO ADDRESS THIS.
UH, WE FELT THAT THE CONTINGENCY IS WELL-POSITIONED IN THAT EXERCISE WAS NOT NECESSARY AND THEY HAD THE SAME TIME.
I WILL, YOU KNOW, FINISH, UH, WITH THE STATEMENT AGAIN, THAT WE'RE DOING EQUALITY WITH THE VARIOUS TECHNOLOGY PACKAGES ACROSS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS THAT ARE RECEIVING THESE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE BONDS.
SO I THINK THAT IS STILL DELIVERING ON THE PROMISES THAT WERE MADE TO THE CITIZENS WHEN THEY VOTED AND IMPROVED, UH, THE BOND REFERENDUM AM, I GUESS, WITH THAT STATEMENT THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND, UH, WE WILL, UH, ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, I JUST HAD A REAL QUICK QUESTION ON SLIDE 12.
I WAS LOOKING AT THE CURRENT BUDGET NUMBERS AND IT HAS FOR THE SUBTOTAL 58 MILLION, BUT MY CALCULATIONS HAVE IT AROUND LIKE 31 BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT ARE THERE.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF MY MATH IS WRONG, OR IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS INCORRECTLY, IF YOU GAVE ME A SECOND, I WILL DOUBLE CHECK THAT MATH.
I DO BELIEVE THAT MATH TO BE CORRECT THOUGH.
I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT BASED ON THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED THERE, I CAME UP TO AROUND 31, BUT I JUST DID THAT REAL QUICK.
JUST NOW IT JUST DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT TO ME.
I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION BECAUSE IF IT IS NOT CORRECT, IT DOES NEED TO BE CORRECTED.
31 OH TWO OH 12 BY A BACK CHECK.
IT WAS PREPARED IN AN EXCEL FILE AND IT MUST HAVE PERHAPS CAPTURED, UH, A HIDDEN ROW.
THAT WAS NOT CORRECT TO HAVE CAPTURED, BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBERS MOVING FORWARD IN THE, YOU KNOW, OUR CALCULATIONS AREN'T BASED ON THAT SUBTOTAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, I, I DIDN'T, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'LL IMPACT ANYTHING, BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IT CORRECT WHEN WE, UM, START DISCUSSING FURTHER THAT ALL OF THEM WAS PROVIDED MORE AS A REFERENCE POINT.
IT HAD NO BEARING TO MY KNOWLEDGE ON THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS BEING REQUESTED.
JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT'S MISSING FUNDS.
IS THAT WHAT IT WAS, IS THAT FOR EXAMPLE, AT BUFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH, UH, UH, THE BOARD DID RECEIVE SOME CONVERSATION ON AN EXACT SESSION THAT, THAT, THAT BUDGET THOUGH, IT DIDN'T REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDS PROBABLY GOT PUT IN THERE AND BECAME A HIDDEN.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT DROVE THAT FIGURE UP TO THE HIGHER FIGURE.
THERE'S NO FURTHER WITHOUT THIS PHOTO, I WAS HOPING SOMEONE ELSE BESIDES ME, I SEE THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTIONS WERE ALL PRETTY WELL ANSWERED IN THE EXTENT THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO KNOW IF WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE SPENDING, ARE WE KIND OF LOOKING FORWARD? ARE WE PUTTING IN THINGS WHERE WE'RE FUTURE-PROOFING AND, UM, AS HAS BEEN ANSWERED NOW, UH, MULTIPLE TIMES, YES, WE ARE PUTTING IN WITH SIX, EIGHT, WE'RE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS TO GET READY FOR THE NEXT LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY.
BUT ONE THING I WANTED TO BRING UP, IT'S KIND OF A QUESTION IT'S KIND OF RHETORICAL QUESTION, WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO DO WITH THIS INFORMATION, RIGHT? LIKE, TO ME, THIS IS JUST FOR OUR INFORMATION TO LOOK OVER, TO ASK QUESTIONS.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE ACTION, IS THAT THE BOARD'S UNDERSTANDING OF THAT? I HEARD THAT THERE WAS A MOTION THAT ALL CONTINGENCY PLAN USE, THEY SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE FULL BOARD, BUT I COULDN'T FIND THAT MUCH.
AND WHO KNOWS THE ANSWER, I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION WHEN WE GET DOWN ON THE BOARD ACTION.
BECAUSE THE REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION IS
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I SORT OF WRESTLED WITH THIS.WHAT DO I MEAN, I, AS A BOARD MEMBER, I DON'T WANT TO QUESTION SWITCHES AND RESTROOMS AND THE LOCATION OF ELECTRICAL PANELS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I DO, BUT I THINK THERE IS A STRATEGIC ASPECT OF THIS THAT IS MISSING.
THEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE LESSONS LEARNED, UM, IN TERMS OF GETTING REQUIREMENTS, AND, UH, I WANTED TO USE THAT EXAMPLE IN THIS IS A TRADITIONAL BUT OUTDATED WAY OF TECHNOLOGY PLANNING, THE WATERFALL METHOD, WHICH YOU GO FROM ONE PHASE INTO THE NEXT ONE, AND IT STARTS WITH REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN IT GOES TO DESIGN AND THEN IT GOES TO BUILD AND IMPLEMENT.
I THINK THAT THE REQUIREMENT PHASE, THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO IS YOU NEED TO ADDRESS WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THESE PROJECTS.
SO I'M NOT SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE REFERENDUM PROJECTS, BUT WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF WHEN WE ACQUIRE TECHNOLOGY, WE BUILD TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN GO TO THE REQUIREMENTS, YOU KNOW? AND AT THAT POINT, I THINK WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT WHO'S USING THIS TECHNOLOGY FOR LOOKING AT SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS.
IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SECURITY AND SAFETY, ARE WE TALKING TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BUZZING PEOPLE INTO THE BUILDING AND HOW IT'S WORKING? UM, AND THEN BASICALLY ONCE WE'VE GOT A REQUIREMENTS, TURN IT OVER TO MR. ADI, TURN IT OVER TO YOU, MR. CORBYN, LET YOU GUYS DESIGN AND BUILD.
AND THEN THE NEXT PHASE IS VERIFICATION.
DID WE MEET OUR GOALS? RIGHT? AND THAT'S THE POINT AT WHICH I THINK THE BOARD WOULD BE WELL-SERVED TO GET INVOLVED AND SAY, OKAY, HERE WERE THE GOALS THAT WE LAID OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT.
WHAT'S OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE VERIFICATION PROCESS.
AND I WANT TO GIVE THE EXAMPLE OF, WE TALKED ABOUT SECURITY AND SAFETY, THE SCOPE OF THE STEERING SAFETY COMMITTEE, UM, IN THE HILTON HEAD SCHOOLS, WE USE IDENTI KID AS A VISITOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE USE THAT IN ALL THE SCHOOLS, BUT THEN ALL THE HILL WE DO.
I'VE PERSONALLY USED IDENTI KID GOING INTO SCHOOL.
YOU GIVE THE LICENSE, THEY DROP THE LICENSE INTO A SCANNER.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO RUN A BACKGROUND, CHECK, YOU GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN.
IT GETS PUT ON A STICKER SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE AND WHY YOU'RE THERE.
IT WAS JUST A BLACK BLOB, BUT THEY STILL TOOK MY PICTURE.
THE LICENSE PLATES ARE THE LICENSE PLATE.
THE DRIVER'S LICENSE SCANNER RARELY WORKED.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE INTEROPERATIVE WITH OUR POWER SCHOOL FOR ATTENDANCE TRACKING PURPOSES.
BUT WASN'T, SO WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS WHEN WE WERE GOING IN TO THE SCHOOL, THERE WAS THIS HUGE BACKUP BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE STILL RUNNING PAPER LOGS.
AND DURING KOBE, WE HAVEN'T BEEN USING IT AT ALL BECAUSE OF THE VISITOR POLICY.
BUT THAT'S A POINT WHERE I THINK BEFORE WE LOOK AT SPENDING MORE MONEY AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, BUT DOWN THE ROAD ON UPGRADE OUR SYSTEM, WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT SYSTEMS WE HAVE, WHAT SYSTEMS ARE WORKING AND WHAT REQUIREMENTS WE HAVE FIRST.
SO WE'RE NOT PUTTING MONEY INTO A PROJECT THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY WORKING AT THE END CASE, RIGHT? CAUSE I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE AT, UM, HELP HEAD.
THEY SAID, BASICALLY, IDENTI KID JUST TAKES UP A LOT OF ROOM ON THE DESK RIGHT NOW.
SO WHAT I THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO START LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF HOW WE PLAN FOR TECHNOLOGY IS WHEN IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE INPUT AND HOW DO WE HAVE THAT INPUT? SO THAT WE ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS.
ONE, ARE WE GETTING RETURN ON INVESTMENT, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW? AND TWO, ARE WE, UM, FUTURE-PROOFING ARE WE LOOKING DOWN FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AND NOT JUST REACTING TO THE, THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF RIGHT NOW? SO THAT'S KIND OF, THIS IS NOT REALLY A QUESTION AND I DON'T HAVE EMOTION.
I THINK, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT ALREADY START THINKING, YOU KNOW, CAUSE WE HAVE 18 MORE PROJECTS AND WE ARE LIKELY TO HAVE 18 ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY USES.
CAUSE TECHNOLOGY IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PLAN FOR.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL WE WANT TO DO WITH ALL THIS INFORMATION YOU'VE GIVEN US.
SO THAT'S MY COMMENTS ON THIS, MR. MALIK GAMBLE,
SO HOW, YOU KNOW, IT REQUIRES US TO LOOK AT OTHER LOCKETS.
I KNOW OTHER THAN OUR LOCAL MARKET FIND OUT WHAT'S OUT THERE AND THOSE THINGS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE DOING, YOU KNOW, ACCURATELY, BUT IT'S HARD TO LOOK BACK
AND YOU KNOW, AS LAYMEN THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO RELY ON, WE HAVE, THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, UP-TO-DATE, THAT'S THE ONE AT HOME.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AHEAD, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S AND I RESPECT THAT IN TERMS OF THIS, MR. EARL CAMPBELL.
UM, MY QUESTION IS HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON OVER HERE, OVER THERE RIGHT NOW? THEY'RE NOT USING IT BECAUSE OF COVID MY KIDS.
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AS WHEN I USED IT AS A VOLUNTEER, IT CAME ON SOMETIME BETWEEN 2017.I JUST KNOW IT WAS NOT, UH, IT DIDN'T WORK AS WELL AS IT COULD HAVE.
AND I THINK THAT IN ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT ROTATE THROUGH THE DESK THAT WERE TRAINED ON IT.
SO IT WAS GREAT IF WE HAVE ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY, BUT WITHOUT A TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY AND WITHOUT A FEEDBACK LOOP ON SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY.
AND TO ME, WHAT I THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT IS WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT STRATEGICALLY, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO SAY THIS SWITCH SHOULD BE USED OR THIS LONG, OR YOU SHOULD USE AN X AMOUNT OF CABLE HERE, BUT WHAT I THINK STRATEGICALLY, BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT IT FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT.
WE WANT TO VISIT OUR IDENTIFICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT ACCOMPLISHES THESE THINGS AND THEN LET MR SHOHAN AND MR. CORBYN GO OUT AND DESIGN, BRING IT TO US, TELL US WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THEN THEY CAN IMPLEMENT IT.
AND THEN AT SOME POINT WE GO BACK AND SAY, IS IT WORKING? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE USING IT? UM, SO THAT WE DON'T JUST KEEP PUTTING MONEY INTO SYSTEMS THAT PEOPLE AREN'T TRAINED ON AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE GOOD MAINTENANCE FOR A MISERABLE LIFE.
I MAY BE WRONG, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, WE DID HAVE SITES WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY COMPANIES THAT CONSULTED WITH US AND ADVISED US ON THE STATE OF THE ART IN TERMS OF WHAT TECHNOLOGY AND THESE, THIS TECHNOLOGY, BASICALLY THE REFERENDUM IS ALL GEARED AROUND SAFETY AND SAFETY INSECURITY AND BUILDINGS.
SO I WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DID HAVE A LOT OF COUNCILS ON THAT AND THAT WE HAVE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I MAY BE WRONG.
I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY, MISS ROLL LINE IS BOAT, RIGHT? YOU'RE BOTH, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS EXACTLY THE PROGRESS THAT WE DID.
AND THAT BEGAN BACK IN OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY CONSULTANT.
SO THEY REALLY DEVELOP OUR PROGRAM BY RECOMMENDING WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO ON A SAFETY AND SECURITY LEVEL, WHICH REALLY GROW OUR TECHNOLOGY.
BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT WE DID IS, UH, INTEGRATE A LOT OF OUR SYSTEMS AND THAT'S, WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THE SAFETY SECURITY PACKAGE.
WHAT YOU WERE ASKING BEFORE ABOUT MS. KOVAR, AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, DEFINING, UH, WHAT WAS NEEDED THAT CAME FROM OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY CONSULTANTS REALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE WERE JUST STARTING THE REFERENCE PROCESS, MR. ROD.
AND THAT WAS, UM, BEFORE I ARRIVED SHORTLY, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE MEETINGS, BUT TRY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AHEAD INTO THE FUTURE AS WELL AS THEY RESIGNED IT.
AND I MEAN, WHEN WE SAY THAT WE'RE, UM, AS MR
I'D SAY WHAT THOSE WALLS SCHOOL SYSTEM WE KNOW IN SOUTH CAROLINA, WE DO, BUT TO YOUR POINT, SO THEY SAID ARE OUR GOALS.
NOW WE'RE THINKING THAT SECOND SET, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DEVELOPING.
UM, WHAT'S NEEDED FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
THE QUESTION WILL BE PUMPED BACK TO THE BOARD AND DID WE MEET THOSE GOALS THAT WERE SET? AND SO IT'D BE A GOOD AT THE END OF THIS, WE'LL REVISIT THEM LATER.
AND IT MAY COME BACK WITH THOSE SAFETY AND SECURITY CONSULTANTS, SEE HOW WE'VE DONE, NOTHING, JUST GO RIGHT.
BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT IN THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL, WHICH IS THAT WHEN THOSE SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE, RIGHT, THAT MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS ARE CROSS-TRAINED ON THESE SYSTEMS SO THAT WHEN SOMEBODY MOVES FROM THE FRONT DESK TO SOMEPLACE ELSE IN THE BUILDING PRICE, THAT WHOEVER'S FILLING THAT SPACE AS HAS THAT, THAT TRAINING CAPACITY TO DELIVER ON THE CAPACITY OF THE PROGRAM.
IT'S JUST BEEN PUT IN PLACE THAT THAT'S A CONSTANT CHALLENGE.
IT'S NOT NEEDING TO DO A BETTER JOB OF PV BECAUSE YOU COULD CHANGE, TRAIN THE FIRST GROUP, KEEPING THAT TRAINING GOING.
SO IT'S, IT'S SUSTAINABLE TERM.
SO WHAT I'D ACTUALLY TRIED TO MAKE YOUR JOB, NOT YOUR JOB, BUT YOU KNOW, THE JOB EASIER.
CAUSE I'D RATHER THAN A LINE BY LINE EVALUATION OF WHY WE'RE OVER BUDGET SORT OF SAY, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT OUR, I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD, I REMEMBER YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS THIS, BUT HERE'S THE PLAN WE GOT AND HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND HERE'S THE PLACES WHERE WE HAD, YOU KNOW, THAT AS OPPOSED
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TO WE USED THIS AMOUNT OF SWITCHES AND THIS NUMBER OF WHATEVER.CAUSE THAT'S WHERE I FEEL LIKE I DON'T WANT TO BE EVALUATING THAT AS I HAVE ALL THE CONFIDENCE IN THE WORLD AND THE TEAM THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, BUT I WANT TO JUST BE ABLE TO COMPARE IT TO THE STRATEGY OR THE PLAN TO KNOW THAT FROM A STRATEGIC POLICY LEVEL POSITION THAT WE'RE ON TRACK WITH THESE, UM, THESE IT'S YOUR LINE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT I THINK THAT MISSPELLED, RIGHT, DID IT SPOT ON WHEN SHE SAYING WE DO NEED TO INCORPORATE THE FEEDBACK WHENEVER WE CAN, WHENEVER WE HAVE INSTITUTED ANYTHING, OTHERS, CLASSMATES MONEY, OR IT'S NOT COSTING US MONEY, WE NEED TO ALWAYS INCORPORATE A FEEDBACK EVALUATION ON THREE I'M ALL FOR FEEDBACK.
SO PART OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND ON, UM, HUGE AROUND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
UM, SO I THINK, I THINK THAT THE REASON, YOU KNOW, THIS IS BEFORE YOU HAD JUST BEFORE YOU ENTERED THE DETAILED MANNER IN WHICH IT IS BEFORE YOU, UH, THIS IS PART OF STAFF AND THE BOARD, UH, WORKING TOGETHER FOR A, KIND OF A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT, WHAT THE BOARD WANTS.
AND NATE TRY, WE JUST RECENTLY HAD A TRANSITION BOARD AND, AND THERE, AND PART OF THAT TRANSITION NOW MEANS FOR ME GETTING TO KNOW, UM, KIND OF PART OF THAT EXPECTATION.
I THINK PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS ALSO THAT, UH, UM, THE, THE DETAILS INVOLVED IN HERE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT OUR COST, THAT I, AS A SUPERINTENDENT, CAN'T JUST GO FORWARD AND SIGN OFF ON IT BECAUSE IT EXCEEDS THE CAPACITY OR THE LEVEL.
AND SO I THINK STAFF WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD ALL THE INFORMATION, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND THEN COME BACK AGAIN, SORT OF SPEED.
UH, WE JUST WANTED TO GET IT, GET IN FRONT OF YOU.
RODRIGUEZ AND EVERYBODY FOR ALL THAT FEEDBACK.
UM, MR. KELLY AND MR. SHOW HAN AND MR. BOARDMAN APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION, UM, THAT CONCLUDES THE OPERATIONS REPORT.
UM, WE WILL REVISIT THIS TOPIC AT THE BOARD ACTION.
[Ad Hoc Bluffton Committee ]
WE WILL NOT HAVE THAT AD HOC INTUBATED REPORT TO TRY TO ADAPT TO HIS DESK CHAIR.UM, THE AD HOC BLUFFTON GROWTH COMMITTEE MET ON FEBRUARY 25TH.
UM, KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT MEETING WERE THAT WE LOOKED AT, UM, THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE PARENTAL SURVEYS THAT WERE DONE.
UM, UH, PARENTS OF STUDENTS THAT HAD LEFT THE DISTRICT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
UM, I BELIEVE THERE WAS AN ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT IN THE IRELAND PACKET, UM, ABOUT SOME OF THOSE RESULTS.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT, UM, SURVEY IS STILL ACTIVELY OPEN.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, SOME QUESTIONS CAME FROM THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SURVEY.
UH, WE WILL BE SPEAKING WITH HOPEFULLY ISD AND THE OFFICE OF EARLY LEARNING AT OUR NEXT MEETING TO GET A HANDLE AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, UM, IN REGARD TO KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT AND WHAT OUR HISTORICAL NUMBERS, UM, KIND OF HAVE LOOKED LIKE TO TRY TO GET A CLEARER LENS ON THAT.
ADDITIONALLY, UM, AN UPDATE ON THE REALTOR SURVEY DOCUMENT, WE, UM, ARE NOW PIVOTING A LITTLE BIT AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO COLLECT THOSE, UM, SURVEYS AND THE COMMITTEE, UH, DIRECTED ME TO SEND OUT EMAILS TO VARIOUS DIFFERENT, UM, REALTOR COMPANIES WITH THAT SURVEY DOCUMENT AND ASKING THEM IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH US JUST TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF BLUFFTON GROWTH.
SO, UM, VERY SHORT REPORT, AND THAT IS ALL.
I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE, YOUR DOCTOR, WHO'S ASKING.
[Academic Committee ]
WE'RE ON TO THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.THIS EVENING, WE HAVE THREE EXIT STRAIGHT OF REGULATIONS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY WENDY PADDLER.
I ASKED HER IN THREE ADULT COMMUNITY EDUCATION.
I HAVE 60 ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS AND I ASKED 16 STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AFTER THAT PRESENTATION, DR.
STRATUS, WE'LL TALK ABOUT CALENDAR, WE BOARD MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
THREE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS TO YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION TO SEE IF THE REGULATION IS I S 33,
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YOU KNOW, THE EDUCATION, THIS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THAT STUDENT 17 YEARS OLD, MAYBE ASSIGNED TO ADULT EDUCATION.ALSO IN LIEU OF EXPULSION, A STUDENT MAY BE REFERRED TO ADULT EDUCATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR VIOLATION OF A FINISHED RATE OF REGULATION, SSA CHANGE, STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.
UM, JACK, WHO I NEED TO MORALE HAS BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL AND REVIEW OF THIS ADMINISTRATOR, GREG NOTES REVISIONS.
AND SHE WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS.
I ASKED 60 ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS. THIS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION INCORPORATES A R I S DASH 60.1 PROCEDURES GOVERNING ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS. AND I S 60.2, OBVIOUSLY, STUDENTS TO PROGRAM AN ORDER THAT ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM BOWLS PROGRAMS FOCUSED, OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES ARE IN ONE ADMINISTRATION OF REGULATION, THE RIGHT CHOICES PROGRAM.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE STUDENTS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH 12, AND THE PROMISING STUDENTS PROGRAM SERVES STUDENTS IN GRADES TWO THROUGH FIVE THAT ASSESS 16 DISCIPLINE OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES OF THIS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION HAS BEEN WORKED ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WITH A NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS.
YOU MIGHT AS D AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK DR.
THAT'D BE JULIA WHITE, THE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR HER EXCELLENT WORK ON THIS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION.
AND SHE'S ACTUALLY, AND SHE'S ACTUALLY VIA ZOOM TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
WE HAVE UPDATED THIS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION TO BE IN COMPLIANCE FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT, IDA SECTION FIVE OH FOUR OF THE REHABILITATION ACT AND THE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS AS WELL AS TITLE 59 OF OUR SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS.
AND I SAW THE FIRE REGULATIONS CHECK ME FOR FREE AND SUGGESTION THIS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION BECAUSE IN APPLIANCE WITH OUR STUDENT CONDUCT AS S 18, AND IT WAS AN EXACT WELL AT SCHOOL AND SCHOOL PREMISES AND SCHOOL FUNCTION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF OUR DISTRICT, WE DELETED THE TERM HANDICAP AND REPLACED IT WITH DISABILITY.
WE'VE ADDED LANGUAGE THAT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, OR PRINCIPALS DESIGNATE CHOKE PROPERLY NOTIFY PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE VIOLATED THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND PROVIDE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION WOULD BE STAMPS.
THE ADMINISTRATORS MUST INDICATE THE INTERVENTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN USED TO DECREASE THE BEHAVIOR AND FOLLOW THE MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT.
WE'D ADDED A NEW SECTION CONTINUANCE OF FREE, APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION OR FAITH FOR SPECIAL NEEDS.
THESE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN EXPELLED MUST REMAIN ACTIVE AND POWERSCHOOL AND VOTED APPROPRIATELY AS HOME-BASED.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE BAIT, INCLUDING SPECIAL EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES, PT, OT, BUT IN AN INTERIM ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL SETTING, THE STUDENT, DESPITE THE SANCTION SHALL CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED SERVICES THAT ENABLE THE STUDENT TO PROGRESS AND THE GENERAL CURRICULUM AND APPROPRIATELY ADVANCED TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE GOALS.
WE ALSO DEFINE SERIOUSLY BODILY INJURY AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE IDA AND WE UPDATED THE LEGAL CITATIONS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR STAFF, ALL THEIR WORK TO ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO HANDS ARE UP.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
I WAS, I KNOW THAT REQUIRED A LOT OF TIME.
UM, MR.
THEY KIND OF CULMINATED INTO ONE PARTICULAR AAR IN THIS CASE, PCP, BUT RIGHT.
CHOICE THOSE ALTERNATIVE SETTINGS.
DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE DIFFERENCE ON THE ELEMENTARY OR THE SECONDARY MODEL THAT YOU UTILIZE? PLEASE FEEL FREE WITH AN
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ALTERNATIVE SETTINGS.THE SECONDARY MODEL IS RIGHT CHOICES.
WE CAN PASS IT HERE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
THE ELEMENTARY MODEL IS ACTUALLY UTILIZED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AT CURRENTLY.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY, UM, STUDENTS WITHIN THE ELEMENTARY MODEL OR YOUR CHOICES RIGHT NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY 11 STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE BUILDING.
SO BOARD MEMBERS, AREN'T GOING TO CROSS OVER TO, UH, AN ITEM OF ANNUAL, UM, COMMUNICATION AND DISCUSSION.
I WANT TO FIRST SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH BOARD MEMBERS SAY TO YOU, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE FEBRUARY 24 ACADEMIC COMMITTEE.
DURING THIS MEETING, I PRESENTED THE PROBLEM TO
IT WAS A PREFERENCE OF THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT I SHARE DETAILS FOR BOTH CALENDARS FOR YOUR REVIEW.
SO, UM, WE HAVE THE 90, 90 UP FIRST.
SO I WILL WALK THROUGH THAT CALENDAR.
IF YOU WOULD GLASSES ON THIS IS LONG DISTANCE, YOU COULD WALK ME WELL, BE HAVING PROUD OF YOU.
AND JUST FOR PURPOSES OF REVIEW, YOU'LL SEE THAT UNDER EACH MONTH AND IDENTIFIED THE AMOUNT, THE AMOUNT OF INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS PER MONTH.
ON THE 90, 90 CALENDAR, WE HAVE TEACHERS REPORTING ON AUGUST 10 STUDENTS REPORT ON THE 16TH OF AUGUST.
AS WE LOOK INTO SEPTEMBER, WE HAVE SEPTEMBER SIX OFF AS A HOLIDAY.
AS WE LOOK INTO THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WE HAVE A HALF DAY ON THE 18TH, WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE CLOSE OF THE FIRST INSTRUCTIONAL QUARTER, THE NEXT DAY, PROVIDING OUR TEACHERS WITH A DAY OFF FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
AS WE LOOK DOWN TO NOVEMBER, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE VETERAN SALE THAT IS REPRESENTED IN BOTH CALENDAR PROPOSALS.
AND THE TIME OFF FOR THANKSGIVING BREAK WOULD START ON THE 24TH OF NOVEMBER THROUGH TO 26.
AS WE LOOK INTO THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE DATES OF THE 20TH, 21ST AND 22ND ARE IDENTIFIED IN VERBAL.
THEY ARE PART OF THE WINTER BREAK, OR THEY ARE ALSO IDENTIFIED AS EMERGENCY WHETHER THEY SHOULD, THEY MEAN NECESSARY AND WHERE WE ARE NOW TODAY WITH TECHNOLOGY AND WITH STATE APPROVAL THAT CAME OUT EARLIER, THIS ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR, THOSE DAYS CAN ACTUALLY BE MADE UP VIRTUALLY, NOT ON FACE TO FACE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WINTER BREAK, WE'LL CONTINUE UP THE GROUP, THE 31ST AND I'M JUST CALENDAR REGULATION, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.
WE TURN ON THE 3RD OF JANUARY AND THE CLOSE OF FIRST SEMESTER WILL HAPPEN ON AFRICAN A HALF DAY, JANUARY 10.
AND OUR TEACHERS WOULD HAVE THE 11 AGAIN AS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY, THE DAY THAT YOUR GRADES TOGETHER, AND SECOND SEMESTER WOULD START ON JANUARY 12TH.
OBVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T HAVE JANUARY 17TH OFF AND WE LOOK INTO THE AREA OF THE 21ST OF FEBRUARY IS A HOLIDAY.
AND THE CLOSE OF THE THIRD MARKING PERIOD WOULD BE ON A HALF DAY, IDENTIFIED AS MARCH 17TH ON YOUR CALENDAR.
PLEASE NOTE THAT STATE REGULATIONS REQUIRES THREE HALF DAYS IN OUR CALENDAR, 10 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS FOR TEACHERS.
NOW WE MUST IDENTIFIED A MINIMUM OF THREE EMERGENCY MAKE-UP DAYS IN THE MONTH OF APRIL.
WE HAVE SPRING BREAK THAT IS ALIGNED WITH THE HERITAGE FRESH STUFF FESTIVAL, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE EARLIER NEWS TODAY OF WHO WILL BE PLAYING THIS YEAR.
THIS IN THIS CALENDAR HOOKS ALL THE PROPOSAL, UM, GOOD FRIDAY, THIS WHOLE AND A BIG TEAM.
THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE IT AS A SEPARATE HOLIDAY.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO IN THE PAST.
AND AS WE CONTINUE INTO MAY LAST STUDENT CONTACT, YEAH, IT WILL BE MADE 27 LONG WEEKEND.
AND THEN WE HAVE THREE CLOSING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS FOR OUR TEACHERS TO CLOSE OUT THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CALENDAR, I'M GOING TO RING THE AREA.
ONE THING I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, I I'LL MAKE MENTION OF IT AGAIN IS EVEN WORK DISTRIBUTION.
RESPECTIVELY FIRST QUARTER SHOULD BE OCTOBER 29TH.
SECOND QUARTER SHOULD BE JANUARY 21ST, THIRD QUARTER, MARCH 25TH AND FOURTH QUARTER.
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WE LIKE OUR REPORT CARDS.SO WE HAD A UNIFIED MODEL TO GO OUT ON JUNE 29TH.
I CORRECTED MYSELF ON THE NIGHT.
IF YOU LOOK TO RIGHT AS PROPOSED GRADUATION DATES AS WELL, ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE 85 90 B BUTTON THAT YOU HAVE THE CALENDAR, IT HAS VERY SIMILAR SETUP.
WE DO HAVE OUR TEACHERS REPORTING ON THE NINTH, ALONGSIDE STUDENTS REPORTING ON THE 16.
AND AGAIN HAS SUSTAINED STRUCTURE UNTIL I GET APPLIED TO YOUR MATH INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS FOR A MONTH, YOU HAVE TO PROLONG THE WEEKEND ON SEPTEMBER IN SEPTEMBER ON SEPTEMBER SIX, YOU HAVE TO GET MY CALENDAR HERE, CLOSES UP AGAIN.
HOW INVOLVES I'M SORRY, AND OCTOBER 18TH.
AND THAT WOULD BE A HALF DAY AND WOULD GIVE YOU TO SEE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THIS CALENDAR IS THAT WE'RE PUTTING FIVE INSTRUCTIONAL, UM, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS IN THE FRONT END.
YOU WILL NOT HAVE AS MANY FULL DAY BREAKS WITHIN, IN ORDER TO HAVE THE SEMESTER.
AND AT THE CLOSE OF THE WINTER BREAK.
IF WE TAKE A LOOK INTO THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, WE SHOWED THAT WE HAVE VETERAN STAFF INPUT FROM, UM, INDIVIDUALS WITH, BETWEEN OUR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS.
THEY HAD ASKED TO POTENTIALLY GOING TO HAVE BANNED THE 23RD OF NOVEMBER.
THAT TAKES US TO THE THANKSGIVING BREAK.
WE LOOK AT THE SEVER, WE ARE RESPECTED ME TOO.
OR DOES HE MAKE UP THESE APPROVAL? ONE OF THE INFANTS THAT WAS SHARED THAT IT WASN'T A STRUGGLE THIS ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR COMING BACK RIGHT ON THAT MONDAY, JANUARY 4TH, THIS YEAR.
SO ON THIS CALENDAR, I WAS ABLE TO PUT IN THE THIRD AS AN EXTRA DAY OFF, STARTING THE COURSE AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT COMPLETION OF OUR TEACHERS GRADES, AND THIS SEMESTER, SECOND SEMESTER WOULD START BY JANUARY 5TH, THE SAME HOLIDAYS CONTINUE IN FEBRUARY.
THE CLOSER THE THIRD MARKING PERIOD IS MARCH 18TH.
IF WE LOOK AT APRIL AND IT'S A SIMILAR WINTER BREAK AND SPRING BREAK WITH THE EMERGENCY DAY ON APRIL 11TH, AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE CLOSE OF THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR, WE'LL PULL ON MAY 27TH.
IT WAS A HALF DAY EXTENDED WEEKEND RETURNED TO TEACHERS IN THE BUILDING ON THE 31ST.
AND THE LAST DAY OF TEACHER CONTACT AND ABILITIES WILL BE DOING SECOND.
SO BOARD MEMBERS, I CAN SHARE THAT THE CALENDAR PROCESS STARTED IN LATE OCTOBER CONVERSATIONS WITH SCHOOL SITE ADMINISTRATORS.
SINCE THAT TIME, TENTATIVE INFORMATION WAS SHARED WITH VERY ROOTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, DURING PRINCIPAL MEETINGS, BOTH ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVELS WITH REFER TO HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS FOR THEIR CALENDAR PRIORITIES, AS THEY HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL EVENT FROM THE CALENDAR APPROVAL CALENDAR REVIEW INDICATED INTEREST IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS.
VETERAN'S DAY AS A HOLIDAYS SPRING BREAK TO ALIGN WITH HERITAGE FESTIVAL INTEGRATION OF VIRTUAL WEATHER, WEATHER, MAKEUP DAYS AND TIME.
AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER FOR TEACHERS TO PREPARE FOR GRADES, I USED TO NOT HAVE EXPECTATIONS FROM YOU SAID INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES DIVISION ARE THE EXPECTATION THAT THE CALENDAR ABIDES PARENTS TO RECEIVE YOUR STUDENTS BEFORE CREDIT.
AT THE SAME TIME, IF I HAVE CHILDREN IN THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH DO CORPORATES SHOULD BE COMING IN AT THE SAME TIME, NOT ONE GROUP OR SOONER THAN THE OTHER, AND THAT WE HAD TO WORK WITH WORKING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS TEACHERS ABILITY TO HAVE TIME AT THE START OF THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR PLANNING, HOW WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOU PUT SOME EXTRA EXAMS AND THE TIME FOR TEACHERS TO USE AS THE START OF SEMESTER, UM, FOR TEACHER PLANNING, YEAH, FIVE 95 POUNDER, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WOULD PREFER THIS CALENDAR FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
EARLY COLLEGE ENTRANCE ALIGNED WITH DUAL ENROLLMENT AND MILITARY WINTER DEPLOYMENT PROVIDES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, BUT, AND OF COURSE, TESTING WHAT I MEAN BY THAT WITH THE SLICK YOU CAN HAVE, YOU COULD HAVE STUDENTS SITTING FOR A YEAR AND OF COURSE, EXAM IN DECEMBER HAVING WINTER BREAK, AND THEN OTHER GROUPS OF KIDS WILL SIT FOR IT.
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JANUARY.IT ALSO LENDS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL TIME TO ADDRESS HIGH STAKES TESTING, OTHER ADVANCED PLACEMENT INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE, AND THEN THE UPCOMING YEAR CAMBRIDGE AND ACE COURSES BE 85 95 AND STRESSES THE NEEDS.
IT DOES ADDRESS THE NEED OF THE CARNEGIE UNITS, MEANING THE AMOUNT OF SEAT TIME NECESSARY FOR CORRECT? YES.
AND WE ALSO, IT INFLUENCE PROVISION FOR ADDITIONAL DAYS IN SECOND SEMESTER TO ADDRESS AGGRESSIVE TESTING.
BECAUSE IF YOU REALLY TYPE, IT COULD GIVE YOU A MINUTE BREAK DOWN MOMENTARILY.
IN SECOND SEMESTER, WE HAVE LITA TESTING, THE ELL ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, JUNIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL HAVE WIND TESTING, ELC SEMESTER EXAMS, MAT TESTING, STANDARDIZED TESTING, SATS TESTING.
HE HAD SATS TESTING AS WELL AS THE PRIOR THREE THAT I HAVE SHARED WITH YOU.
AND THE 90, 90 TRADITIONAL CALENDAR DISPLAY DOES NOT ADDRESS THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS SUBJECT TO TESTING.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IN SECOND SEMESTER, IT'S EQUALLY EQUAL RECOGNIZING THAT WHEN YOU HAVE MORE TESTING, THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
DISTRICT-WIDE SECOND SEMESTER THAN FIRST SEMESTER.
AND FIRST SEMESTER IS AN AVERAGE OF 1,332 MINUTES TO USE FOR TESTING.
AND SECOND SEMESTER THERE'S POTENTIALLY 2025 THAT IS ALSO INCLUDING SORT OF STUDENTS.
SO I WANT TO SHARE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION WITH YOU.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MINUTES THAT I SHARED WITH YOU DOES NOT IDENTIFY DIAGNOSTIC TESTING UTILIZED FOR IREADY FOR PARTICIPANT NOW.
SO IN CLOSING REASONED DISCUSSIONS OF PRINCIPLES AND REPRESENTED AS ONE WHOLE INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL SHARE THAT TEACHES THE BARRIERS PREPARED INSTRUCTIONAL INSTRUCTION, BASED ON THE CALENDAR, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, THEY MAP OUT THEIR TEACHING AND STUDENT LEARNING, LARGE AMOUNT OF TEACHERS USE THE WINTER BREAK TO PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING SEMESTER.
INSTRUCTIONAL LEVELS WILL BE YOUR OWN COURSES, BUT ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL DAYS WITHIN SENTENCE SEMESTER TO BETTER PREPARE YOUR STUDENTS FOR STANDARDIZED TESTING, THEY USE THESE DAYS AS CATCH UP FOR REVIEW, BUT IT WAS AP IB HAD, AND THEN THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR BECAME RICH.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE ME INPUT AND I AM OPEN FOR QUESTIONS PLEASE.
AND THEN 99 THESE DAYS WOULD THE STUDENTS HAVE, AND OF COURSE TESTING OR FINAL EXAMS, SO TO SPEAK, LORD, THOSE ARE QUITE A RESTART AND OF COURSE, EXAMS
SO WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CALENDAR OF THE 90 GOES THROUGH THE 90 90.
IF I GO BACKWARDS, DAVE, WE CAN START IN MAY 9TH, THIS ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR TO PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR S C RAY AND A C PASS TESTING.
WE DID RECEIVE ANY WAITING FROM THE STATE AND WE ARE ALL GOING TO STRUGGLE WITH EARLIER THIS YEAR.
BUT, UM, IN CASE I EVER THROWN INTO THE SECOND YEAR OF SCHOOL HERE.
SO IF I TAKE A LOOK AT E 85 95, WE COULD START AS SOON AS MAY SIX.
AND WHAT DAY, GIVE ME 90, 90 CALENDAR.
WHEN WOULD THIS STUDENTS, THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TAKE THEIR SECOND FIRST SEMESTER FINAL EXAMS THAT I'M IN TO SIT AND DISCUSS? YOU HAVE TO, BECAUSE IT'S TESTING COORDINATORS, RESPECTIVELY NEW SCHOOL.
HOPEFULLY I ACTUALLY PASTE THAT OUT, BUT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT I HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH OUR DISTRICT TESTING COORDINATOR TO ALIGN THAT AS A STUDENT, I TRY NOT TO HAVE THE SAME EXAM.
UM, HOW DO I SAY MORE THAN ONE HIGH STAKES TEST IN ONE DAY, THAT CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENED EARLIER TODAY, THAT COMMUNICATION GIVES ME SENT OR TEST ORDER DAYS FOR US TO START THAT, THAT PRACTICE A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR.
AND I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION YESTERDAY WITH SOMEONE ELSE, LIKE WHY TO LET SOMEBODY ELSE COME BACK.
STATUS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THE CALENDARS.
UM, AND CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY AGAIN AND LET'S GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE 90, 90 CALENDAR ABOUT TESTING.
TESTING IS THE BIGGEST THING I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS, UM, IN THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE SOME STUDENTS, IF WE GO TO 90, 90, SOME STUDENTS WILL BE TAKING TESTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND THEN SOME WILL BE TAKING AFTER CHRISTMAS BEFORE THE SEMESTER.
AND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AGAIN? YES.
UM, VOC TESTING AREA, EITHER ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY, BIOLOGY, OR US HISTORY.
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STARTING IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, AGAIN, NOTING THEM, YOU STARTED 15 DAYS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE ACADEMIC SEMESTER.SO I LOOKED 15 DAYS PRIOR ON THE 99, THE FIRST SEMESTER I'M LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY BEING ABLE TO START ON DECEMBER SIX AS WE SCHEDULE THAT FOR A LARGER SCHOOL SETTING.
I'LL USE ME RIVER AS AN EXAMPLE, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY.
YOU MAY HAVE STUDENTS SITTING FOR EXAMS IN JANUARY 3RD.
THOSE STUDENTS MAY HAVE A LITTLE MORE OF AN ADVANTAGE AFTER SITTING AND STUDY THAT SAYS SALARY, CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING STUDYING.
UM, VERSUS THE STUDENTS STARTING ON DECEMBER 6TH TO BE DIRECT.
SO AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO BRING LIGHT OF AN ACADEMIC FAIR PLAYING FIELD BECAUSE WHICH STUDENT THAT YOU WANT TO SAY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO SIT BEFORE I HAD HER WINTER BREAK AND I GET MY HAT AS A PRINCIPAL, NOT BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW I JUSTIFY THAT THE PARENTS, WHICH KIDS DO WE SELECT.
SO THAT'S WHY, WHAT THAT COMMENTARY ON ACADEMIC COMMITTEE, MADAM CHAIR.
I HAVE, I HAVE SEVERAL POINTS IN THE QUESTIONS THAT REQUIRES A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
HOW DO YOU WISH FOR ME TO PROCEED? YOU MAY ASK TWO QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT PERSON.
UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE AND AS WELL AS, AS, UM, DR.
UM, HOW DOES, UH, FOR THE UNBALANCED SEMESTERS, HOW DOES AN 85 DAY SEMESTER ANY 95 BASED SEMESTER PROVIDES EQUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING TIME TO THOSE ENROLLED IN SEMESTER COURSES? SO THAT IS ACTUALLY A QUESTION THAT WE CAN CONSTITUTE TO PRINCIPALS, BE VERY DIRECT WITH YOU.
SO THOSE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE YEAR LONG COURSES IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THAT'S CALLED NAVIGATING PACING PRINCIPLES AT A VERY HIGH REGARD TO THEIR STAFF BEING ABLE TO COMPLETE.
AND WE LEAN QUITE AND CONSTRUCTION.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, WE A LOOK BACK TO THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE MATHEMATICS AND TESTING MRS. SMITH.
IT ACTUALLY BALANCES OUT BECAUSE SECOND SENESCENT DOES KIND OF A HIGHER AMOUNT OF TESTING AND FIRST SEMESTER FOR OUR CHILDREN.
SO LET'S LOOK FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.
SOME OF THE TESTING THAT IS COMPLETED, WE ACTUALLY DID SOME SCHOOLS HAVE, YOU CANNOT HAVE ANY MOVEMENT DOING SAT OR ACC ACT TESTING WITHIN A BUILDING.
SO IT DOES SHIFT SOME ACTIVITIES THAT WE COULD DO WITHIN THE BUILDING.
SO WITH TESTING MORE MINUTES IN ONE SEMESTER VERSUS THE FIRST SEMESTER, AND IF TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO HAVE A CALENDAR IN ADVANCE, THERE WAS A HIGH LEVEL OF COMPETENCE AND PRINCIPALS IN SCHOOLS ARE SHOWN THAT IN THE PAST THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE.
ALSO, UM, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED 85, 85 DAYS OF INSTRUCTION OUTPUT THOSE WHO RECEIVED 95 DAYS OF INSTRUCTIONS, MORE THAN 10% INSTRUCTIONS, WHAT MIGHT EXPLAINS THE UNEXPECTED RESULTS IF WE'RE REFERRING TO GRADE OR COMPONENTS ON THAT ON, AND OF COURSE, EXAMS, UM, LAST OCTOBER, AN ACADEMIC COMMITTEE, AND I ACTUALLY WORK AS WORKLOAD AND STATISTICALLY, THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ORGANICS PERFORMANCE OF THE STUDENTS AND EDGAR COURSE EXAMS AND GPA OF STUDENTS BY HAVING AN 80 BY 94 PRIOR TRADITIONAL 90 NINETIES, LIKE AWESOME.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO CONDUCT THAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS THIS YEAR SUBJECT TO HAVE THE HANDOUT.
I'M CERTAINLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FAIR COMPARISON.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN DOING IT, BUT IT'S NOT A FAIR COMPARISON.
UM, OKAY, MR. ROBOT, AND GO TO HER NEXT QUESTION.
STRATUS, PLEASE CALENDARS OUR TRADITIONAL CALENDARS.
AND, UM, I, I HAVE A QUESTION IN TERMS OF, IS THERE ANY WIGGLE ROOM OR ANYTHING IN THESE CALENDARS, EITHER ONE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO IMPROVISE, ADD SOME, SOME TYPE OF ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION FOR OUR, OUR ANTICIPATED LEARNING.
WHERE DOES THAT COME IN? SO THAT ACTUALLY IS
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GOING TO COME FROM THE FRONT END OF THIS ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR.SO IF I MAY GO ATTENTION TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO RECOGNIZE, AS WE CLOSE THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR, THIS YEAR, WE'LL BE WILLING TO WRITE WAY INTO SUMMER INTERVENTION.
I'M TRYING NOT TO USE THE WORD REMEDIATION BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO BE A LITTLE MORE PRESCRIPTIVE THAT PRACTICE, UM, SUMMER PROGRAMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF JULY.
TECHNICALLY WE LOOK IT UP FOR JULY 30TH.
OUR TEACHERS WILL BASICALLY HAVE A WEEK AND A HALF OFF THAT WAS WHILE WORKING THROUGH SUMMER.
SO WE KIND OF TECHNICALLY THIS YEAR ARE JUST GIVING YOU A BREAK, COMING BACK UP AND PUTTING OUR TEACHERS BACK BACK AT WORK.
OUR SUMMER CALENDARS CAN BE VERY TIME FOR THIS AUDIENCE TO GET A GOOD, COMPLETE ALIKE ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S NECESSARY.
AND OUR STUDENTS WILL HAVE ABOUT THREE WEEKS OFF.
AND AS WE LOOK AND SEE THE UPCOMING ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR, I'M ALREADY WORKING WITH A FEW PRINCIPALS AT THE WORK OF KEY TEACHERS WHO ARE VERY CURRICULUM-BASED AND TAKING PART OF THE LEARNING THAT YOU'VE HAD.
LET'S SAY IN THE CLOSE OF FIRST GRADE THIS YEAR, BUILDING THAT TO START SECOND GRADE, NEXT YEAR, THAT WORD IS READY TO START WITH ONE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR WITH A TEAM FIVE EDUCATORS.
AND WE'RE DOING THAT IN THE BOWL, AND WE'RE DOING THAT ONE FOR THAT INTERVENTION PERSPECTIVE.
THEN WE START AS WE START THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, BUT WE'RE ALSO DOING THAT IN A SECOND, SECOND INITIATIVE OR A GIFTED AND TALENTED OR ACCELERATED PROGRAM.
THAT'S GOING TO START IN TWO SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR.
WHEN IS WELL LOVED THE, NOW THE SETTLEMENTS MOSCOW MS. BELL, RIGHT? AND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS.
I'M JUST GONNA SAY, IT'S GOTTA BE ABOUT 85 95, RIGHT? WE KEEP THAT HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AND THINKING ABOUT, LET'S SAY BETTER.
I MEAN, FOR KIDS WHO ARE TAKING IB AP TESTS, I LOOKED IT UP MAY 3RD.
IT'S THE FIRST IB TESTING DATE.
BUT TAKING THAT POPULATION OUT AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE MILITARY, YOU TALK ABOUT KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO DO A COLLEGE GRADUATE EARLY.
LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A KID WHO IS STRUGGLING IN A SUBJECT AND THE TEACHER HAS BEEN WORKING WITH HIM AND IT'S GOING, IT'S GOING TO GO WELL AND THE FINAL AND THEN BREAK.
AND THEN TWO WEEKS LATER HE SHOWS BACK UP AND NOW HE'S GOT TO TAKE AN ALGEBRA FINAL.
I THINK WE'RE DOING A HUGE DISSERVICE TO THE MAJORITY.
I DON'T, I DON'T CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT THIS WOULD BENEFIT.
AND I DON'T THINK IT AFFECTS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO TO ME, I THINK IT'S GOT TO BE, WE'VE GOT TO CLOSE THIS.
WE'VE WE'VE, WE'VE COMMITTED TO THE FOUR BY FOUR.
WE'VE GOT TO CLOSE IT BEFORE, UH, WINTER BREAK FOR, FOR EVERYBODY SAY UP AT ONCE, MAKE ME, I HAD IT.
I'M SURE I'M IF ONE 90 90 ON THAT LEARNING WITH THAT FIRE AS A PRINCIPAL, AS A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, WE HAD HAD A 90, 90 SPLIT BOTH TIME AND REALITY WHEN WE SHIFTED IT TO THE BREAK.
FIRST ON THE PULSE WAS SECOND SEMESTER, TOOK A LOT OF TENSION AND TENENT OF A HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I'VE SEEN HIGH SCHOOL'S PERSPECTIVE WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP THE PERSPECTIVE THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
YES, WE RECOGNIZE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS THE TIME 10%.
AND NOW JANUARY HERE IN THIS COUNTY IS KIND OF 70% ON AS WELL FOR HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT COURSES.
BUT THOSE STUDENTS WILL SIT FOR THAT GATEWAY IN MAY.
SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A FULL YEAR.
UM, THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR SEEING THIS AND IT'S LIKE DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN.
IT'S THE SAME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT 85 AND 90.
AND IT BOILS DOWN TO ME AND I, AND I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT WHATEVER, BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK WE'RE THINKING OUT OF THE BOX.
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENT AGAIN, IS THIS BEST FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP OR IS THIS BEST FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF TESTING AND, AND COLLEGE AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION SOMETIME HAD A WORK SESSION BECAUSE THIS IS A LONG SESSION ABOUT WHY CAN'T WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE FOR ELEMENTARY, WHERE WE CAN FOCUS ON THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP TO GET THEM READY FOR MEALS FROM HOME, GETTING READY FOR ASIA.
IT MAY BE DIFFERENT FOCUSED ON THAT INSTEAD OF CAUSING THE ELEMENTARY REALLY SCHEDULE IS BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, BECAUSE IF YOU ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU ALWAYS DID, YOU ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT.
AND WE NEED TO START THINKING LITTLE OUTSIDE,
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MANAGE HERE, GO AHEAD.SAY TWO POINTS ON THAT BECAUSE COLONEL DIRE ONE ITEM FOR X NUMBER ONE IS THE TRANSITIONAL YEARS FOR TEEN.
I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT AND OUR SUMMER PROGRAM, WE ARE ADDING TRANSITIONAL YEARS.
THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS THAT CONVERSATION BETWEEN YOU AND I AM A FIFTH GRADE TEACHER.
YOUR SIXTH GRADE TEACHER IS THAT HAPPENING BETWEEN US AND WITHIN OUR EAR PATTERN.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A STATION THAT WE ARE STARTING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS IN THIS TUTORIAL.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT, ARE YOU DOING THIS? AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE STARTED BECAUSE AT EIGHT, THOSE ARE KEY ELEMENTS FOR THE REST OF THE TEAM.
AGAIN, TO TELL YOU THANK YOU BECAUSE WE'RE AROUND SIMILAR AGE.
UM, WHAT ARE THE HIGHER HIGH EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFIED TEACHERS WHO TO TEACH HIGH STAKES SEMESTERS COURSES ARE NOT HEARD WHEN THEY TELL US THAT THE UNBALANCED SEMESTER, IT CREATES CHALLENGES AND STRESSFUL FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO LEND MY INTERPRETATION OF THE QUESTION.
SO IF OUR HIGH STAKES TESTING ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN THE SECOND SEMESTER, WE ARE PROVIDING A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR AP IB AND THOSE, UM, HEAVILY WEIGHTED EXAMS, BUT AS KIDS WHO GET GEIGER AND COLLEGE CREDIT FOR ACTUALLY A GREATER AMOUNT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, OKAY, THEN THE NEED FOR SEMESTERS TO END END TO END BEFORE JANUARY MANY JUSTIFICATIONS HAS BEEN, BEEN STATED ABOUT THE NEED FOR A FALL SEMESTERS TO END IN DECEMBER, SUCH AS MILITARY ENROLLMENT, UM, A DIVISION DIVISION DIVISION, ONE SCHOLARSHIPS STUDENT AFTER STUDENT ATHLETES NEED TO REST YOUR FOR SPRING FOOTBALL OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, HOW MANY OF OUR STUDENTS FALL IN EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES OR OTHERS? THAT'S JUST, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST, UM, SOME OF THE FORCED THING TO THINK ABOUT STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ATTENDANCE, EVERYONE WILL AGREE THAT WHEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IMPROVE THEIR ATTENDANCE RATES, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ALSO IMPROVES RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE, THE RESEARCH SHOWS AND I QUOTE FREQUENTLY SCHEDULED BREAKS ARE ALLOWED FOR US SICK AND EXHAUSTED TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO RECOVER, RECOVER BEFORE RETURNING TO SCHOOL, BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FEEL LESS BURNED OUT WHEN THEY GET MORE EXTENDED TIME OFF THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THESE ARE A COUPLE OF MY CONCERNS.
IS THERE DATA ON, IS THERE DATA ON STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ATTENDING BETWEEN THEIR SEMESTER ONE AND SEMESTER TWO FALL SPRING? THIS DATA MIGHT BE VALUABLE IN GUIDING OUR DISCUSSION AND OUR DECISIONS, MRS. SMITH, PEOPLE ARE WALKING ON THE PATH AND OF LOOKING AT EXTENDING A CALENDAR THAT EXTENDS TO 365 DAYS.
I COULD SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE RESEARCH DOES NOT IDENTIFY ANY ACADEMIC GROWTH BETWEEN SEMESTERS FOR YOU UTILIZING HAPPY MANNER DAYS DO HAVE THE FULL 365 DAY CALENDAR.
UM, I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU ALL THE RESPONSES AT THIS TIME, IF YOU TALKING BACK 10 MINUTES, BECAUSE I WAS NOT PREPARED TO PUT THAT THOUGHT TODAY, OR YES MA'AM.
ALL RIGHT, MR.
SO PARTICULARLY IN THAT SENSE, THAT AFFECTS OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
UH, I'M SURE IT DOES THE ELEMENTARIES JOB ALSO, BUT I KNOW IF WE FOCUSED ON WHY ARE WE DOING THESE THINGS AND OUR END RESULTS THE LAST FOUR YEARS, IT WAS IMPORTANT,
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BUT IF WE'VE GOT THE STUDENTS PREPARE, SO TO KIND OF GUIDE, UH, UH, DISCUSSION, I AGREE WITH THEM THAT WE MAY NEED TO LOOK DIFFERENTLY AT THE ELEMENT, EVERY JOB, AND BEING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, THE WAY WE'RE EDUCATING THEM, BUT THERE'S A BIAS TOOL.I THINK THE TIME ON TASK WAS YOU JUSTIFY IT AND IT'S JUST THERE IN THE CLASSROOM.
BUT THE RESULTS VERIFY THAT THE DECISION TO DO 85 95 IS A SOUND IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT, PARTICULARLY IT DOESN'T DAMAGE THE GRADES AND IT DOES FACILITATE SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. SO WE HAVE TO DO BOTH AND KEEP THOSE PROGRAMS. ARE YOU SUGGESTING TO RIGO TO SOME OTHER PROGRAMS AND MAYBE THERE'S AN ARGUMENT FOR IT? LOOK AT IT.
UH, THOSE THINGS, UH, WOULD BE MY RESPONSE AND SOME OF THEM, I THINK, ADDRESSES, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING, THESE CHALLENGES.
UH, LOOKING AT THE FUTURE AND LOOKING A LITTLE BIT FINER, UH, THE DEEPER DIVE.
WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT THE PARTICULAR GROUPS TOO, IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE FOR LIKE THREE YEARS WITH THESE PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, THINGS WITH THEM.
SO WE DO WITH TEND TO CHANGE THE SCOPE AND THAT MIGHT DRIVE UP THE RESULTS ALSO IS THAT AS FORWARD WITH THE RESULTS AND WE'RE NOT MOVING OUT OF CHEAP AND THEN SOMETHING IS WRONG, GET INTO ACCEPT STATUS QUO.
AND SO WE ALL BE WILLING TO LOOK AT OTHER OTHER WAYS.
AND I'M LIKE, YES, A QUICK SESSION WHERE WE REALLY DIG INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE CAN POSSIBLY CHANGE SOME OF THOSE MS. BOGAN IT'S.
I, I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT FALL IS MORE, THAT'S AN EDUCATOR TALKING.
UM, BUT I DO THINK WE'RE GETTING WE'RE, WE'RE WIDENING THE SCOPE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM.
AND SO NOT TO BE RUDE, BUT I'D LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK MR. ADAMS HAS GIVEN US ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED FOR THE CALENDAR.
WE HAVE NO MOTION ON THE TABLE.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY, I MOVE THAT.
WE ADOPT THE RECORD BECAUSE WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ADOPT THE 85 95 CALENDAR, UH, PRESENTED BY DR.
I THINK MS. GOODRICH WAS GOING TO BE FIRST OFF, LET HER DOWN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION VOTING IS OPEN.
THANK YOU, MR. SMITH, HOW ARE YOU VOTING? A MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[Riverview Charter 2020 Annual Report – Reece Bertholf, Board Chair, Sarah Cox, Interim Director ]
SO I THINK WE HAVE A LITTLE SITUATION HERE IN THAT I, WE HAVE, UM, THE REPORT FROM THE ROOT OF YOUR CHARTER SCHOOL, MUCH LATER IN THE AGENDA.HOWEVER, ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S HERE WON'T BE ABLE TO COME TOMORROW.
I, I AM, AND THE OTHER PERSON WOULD HAVE TO PARTICIPATE BY ZOOM.
SINCE WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE AGENDA.
I BELIEVE WE NEED A, TWO-THIRDS VOTE TO, TO MOVE THEM NOW TO THIS TIME SLOT, I NEED A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT CHAIR.
I MOVE THAT WE, UH, MOVE NAVY PORT FROM RIVERVIEW.
WELL TO THE NEXT ON THE AGENDA.
SO MS. FIDRYCH MADE THE MOTION TO MOVE GRAND REVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL, UH, PRESENTATION, THE END OF REPORT UNTIL TO NOW AND MR. GUYER SECOND.
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UM, WHAT DO YOU NOT NEED TO BE AN EMERGENCY, UH, TO, TO RELAY THAT? GIVE HIM THE EXPLANATION WHY, WELL, WHY WE SUGGESTED MOVING ON ONE CANNOT ATTEND TOMORROW.IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY ON THE AGENDA, RIGHT? YEAH.
HOWEVER, I'M JUST WONDERING IF SOMEONE NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE IT MAKES IT A EMERGENCY FOR THIS MEETING.
UM, I AM STILL A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS MOTION, UM, MOVING FORWARD ON YOUR MIND, BUT A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS MOTION.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE THEY'RE BEING DONE FOR THEIR HANDS UP.
THE VOTING IS NOW OPEN TO MOVE THE RIVERVIEW REPORT TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
THE MOTION CARRIES NINE ONE AND I WILL ADDRESS MR. S THIS COMMENT, SINCE I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH WHILE WE WERE BUILDING, AND SINCE THIS IS NOT A FINAL ACTION ITEM, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE AN EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES NEARLY A BEFORE.
RODRIGUEZ OR MS. CARTILAGE INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS, UH, RIVERVIEW CHARTERS.
WE'LL UH, WE HAVE, UM, UH, MR. REESE AND WE HAVE MS. COX, WHO IS THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL AT THIS TIME.
RODRIGUEZ, UH, MANAGER, WOMAN, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M THE CHAIR FOR REVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL.
I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS EXTREMELY BRIEF ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I BRING YOU THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK FOR THE CHILDREN AND YOU FOR COUNTY.
MOREOVER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT OF THE RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL WITH THAT MS. COX TO PRESENT OUR ANNUAL REPORT.
THANK YOU TO THAT SCHOOL, LAUREN, DR.
RODRIGUEZ FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT, I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR RIVER ARMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
MY NAME IS INTERIM DIRECTOR CHARTER SCHOOL, BOARD OF DIRECTORS VIDEO THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT WHAT MAKES RIVERVIEW CELEBRATE.
AND IT'S A SHORT LITTLE VIDEO.
IS THE SOUND PLANE OKAY, MOLLY, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PLAY IT ON YOUR END THERE
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I SWEAR, I SWEAR.WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND SPONSORSHIP.
RIVERVIEW IS OPEN TO ALL CHILDREN ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOL IN BEAVER COUNTY, AND WE ARE A TUITION FREE LOTTERY BASED SCHOOL.
OUR ANNUAL REPORT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INCLUSIVE PICTURE OF OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS.
MOST RECENTLY COMPLETED ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR.
THE REPORT PROVIDES ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, COMPLIANCE, OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL VIABILITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU SOME OF THE FEATURES THAT MAKE RIVER VIEW SUCH A UNIQUE SCHOOL AND ADDRESS OUR 2019 2020 ANNUAL REPORTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE COVID-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND SPRING SCHOOL CLOSURES, RIVERVIEW WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE MANY OF THE SPRING ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS REPORT AND ASSESSMENTS AS WELL AND STORAGE.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE NEVER MISSED A GOAL OR BENCHMARK WITHIN OUR CHARTER AND WITHIN THIS ANNUAL REPORTS FOR THE 1920 SCHOOL YEAR, WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH 654 STUDENTS IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE.
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OUR MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT IS 720 STUDENTS.WE HAVE FOUR CLASSES PER GRADE LEVEL, AND WE CAP OUR HOMEROOM SIZE, HAD 20 STUDENTS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO RIVERVIEW THAT WE KEEP OUR CLASS SIZES SMALL.
WE HAVE A FULL-TIME ASSISTANT IN EACH KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE CLASS, WE EMPLOY A TOTAL OF 80 STAFF AND TEACHERS, 62%.
OUR TEACHERS HOLD A MASTER'S DEGREE.
10% OF OUR TEACHERS ARE NATIONALLY BOARD CERTIFIED.
ANY AVERAGE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FOR OUR TEACHERS IS 14 YEARS.
OUR TEACHER RETENTION RATE IS NINE AND PERCENT.
THE MISSION OF VIEW IS TO CREATE A SMALL, DIVERSE LEARNING COMMUNITY THAT ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN STUDENTS AND MEANINGFUL AND INNOVATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES, EMPHASIZING LEARNING BY DOING FAMILY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGED CITIZENSHIP.
RIVERVIEW IS COMMITTED TO NURTURING THE WHOLE CHILD AND PREPARED EACH STUDENT OR A GLOBAL SOCIETY IN ORDER TO NURTURE AND EDUCATE THE WHOLE CHILD.
WE ARE DEDICATED TO CULTIVATING THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, THE CHILD, THE PHYSICAL CHILD, THE ACADEMIC CHILD, THE SECOND CHILD, AND THE ETHICAL CHILD, THE GOALS AND OUR ANNUAL REPORT DIRECTLY RELATES TO THESE FIVE APPROACHES.
IN ORDER TO NURTURE THE ACADEMIC CHILD.
RIVERVIEW IS COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP, UTILIZING A SMALL SCHOOL APPROACH.
OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF HAVE THE ABILITY TO KNOW EACH CHILD AND FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL GIFTS, TALENTS, AND SPECIAL NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
OUR DAILY SCHEDULE PROVIDES TEACHERS WITH COMMON PLANNING TO ENSURE COLLABORATION AMONG COLLEAGUES AND SPECIALISTS AND OUR UNIT.
OUR BIG IDEAS APPROACH TO CURRICULUM ALLOWS TEACHERS TO DEVELOP INTEGRATED UNITS AND LESSONS THAT PROMOTE CONCEPTUAL THINKING OUR UNIT TO ASSIST STUDENTS IN MAKING CONNECTIONS ACROSS DISCIPLINES, AS WELL AS TO OUR GLOBAL SOCIETY.
AND IN ADDITION, TEACHERS IMPLEMENT A VARIETY OF INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES TO ACCOMMODATE FOR ALL STUDENT NEEDS.
DO YOU THINK COVID-19 AND SPRING SCHOOL'S CLOSURES, RIVERVIEW DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN STATE ASSESSMENT OR SPRING MATH SIMILAR TO THE COUNTY SCHOOLS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ALSO DID NOT PROVIDE STATE REPORT CARDS FOR THE 1920 SCHOOL YEAR.
HOWEVER, FOR THE 1819 SLAYER, WE RECEIVED AN EXCELLENT RATING FOR BOTH OUR ELEMENTARY AND OUR MIDDLE GRADES.
ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT TAKE ANY SPRING ASSESSMENTS LAST SPRING, HISTORICALLY OVER 60% OF OUR STUDENTS MEET OR EXCEED EXPECTATIONS ON BOTH THE SC READY AND SE MATH ASSESSMENTS.
OUR FIRST ACADEMIC GOAL IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT IS TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOR ALL RIVERVIEW STUDENTS, WITH MEANINGFUL AND INNOVATIVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO ENGAGE STUDENTS AND IMPROVE LEARNING.
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DID EVERYONE LOSE AUDIO?THERE'S NO SOUND COMING FROM THE MEDIA CENTER.
SO ANYONE WHO CAN HEAR ME PLEASE STAND BY AND GIVE THEM A MOMENT TO GET THINGS BACK UP, BACK, UP AND RUNNING.
AND THEN OUR THIRD ACADEMIC GOAL IS RIVERVIEW.
WE'LL EDUCATE THE WHOLE CHILD AND PREPARE STUDENTS BECOME PERSONALLY AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE ENGAGED CITIZENS TO MEET THIS GOAL.
FIRST OBJECTIVE IS 75% OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WILL SHOW THAT THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL PROGRAM AT RIVERVIEW HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE SCHOOL CLIMATE AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
THE ASSESSMENT IS IN THE SPRING.
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE SURVEYS TO ASSESS STUDENTS' SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL COMPETENCY.
WE SUCCESSFULLY MET THIS OBJECTIVE.
97% OF THE TEACHERS AGREE THAT OUR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROGRAM HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE SCHOOL CLIMATE AND ACHIEVEMENT.
THE STUDENTS AGAIN WERE NOT SURVEYED DUE TO THE SCHOOL CLOSURES AND SPRAYING THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL PROGRAM WE
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USE IS THE RESPONSIVE CLASSROOM.IT'S A STUDENT CENTERED SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING APPROACH TO TEACHING AND DISCIPLINE.
THE PROGRAM FOR MEDS IS SAFE, JOYFUL, AND ENGAGING CLASSROOMS. ANOTHER OBJECTIVE FOR THE SCHOOL IS EACH FALL AND SPRING RIVERVIEW STUDENTS WILL BE SCREENED WITH THE FITNESS GRAM AND ASSESSMENT THAT MEASURES HER PERSONAL FITNESS AND ACTIVITY ACHIEVEMENT COMPARED TO HEALTHY FITNESS STANDARDS.
75% OF STUDENTS WILL DEMONSTRATE GROWTH ON A FRIEND MS. GRANT.
WE WERE ABLE TO SCREEN STUDENTS IN THE FALL OF 2019 AND DO THIS SCHOOL PLEASURES SPRING SCREENINGS WERE NOT DONE.
AND THE LAST OBJECTIVE FOR THIS BOWL IS 75% OF STUDENTS WILL DEMONSTRATE GROWTH BY ONE LEVEL FROM FALL TO SPRING ON A SELF-DIRECTION RUBRIC TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' LEARNING AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
STUDENTS ARE ASSESSED ON A VARIETY OF SKILLS AND WERE ABLE TO MEET TO MEET THIS GOAL WITH 84% OF OUR STUDENTS GROWING FROM ONE LEVEL TO THE NEXT I MOVING FROM A ONE TO A TWO ON THAT RUBRIC.
THE FINAL GOAL ON THE ANNUAL REPORT IS RIVERVIEW WILL PREPARE STUDENTS FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETY TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL.
FIRST OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE A CALENDAR WITH EVENTS, INCLUDING CORE VALUE ASSEMBLIES.
LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO HOLD ONE IN-PERSON CORE VALUE ASSEMBLY AND ONE VIRTUAL SPRING CELEBRATION.
THESE CELEBRATIONS CELEBRATE STUDENTS WHO DEMONSTRATE OUR CORE VALUES, INCLUDING EMPATHY, INTEGRITY, GRATITUDE, OPTIMISM, MINDFULNESS, STEWARDSHIP, PRESSER APPEARANCE IN COOPERATION.
SECOND OBJECTIVE FOR THIS GOAL IS EACH YEAR A HUNDRED PERCENT OF STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN A MINIMUM OF TWO SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS, AS WELL AS 75% OF STAKEHOLDERS WILL DETERMINE THAT THE SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS TEACH STUDENTS TO HELP OTHERS THE COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD.
DURING THE 1920 SCHOOL YEAR, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN OUR FALL SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS.
STUDENTS DISPLAYED HANDMADE BULLS TO REPRESENT EMPTY BOWLS ACROSS THE WORLD, AS WELL AS SHARED A SIMPLE MEAL OF SOUP AND RAISED OVER $15,000 FOR RISE AGAINST HUNTER, THE RESPONDENT OPTION.
ALSO PARTNERED WITH RISE AGAINST HUNGER TO COOPERATIVELY PACK OVER 40,000 MEALS TO SEND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD DURING THE SPRING, AND TYPICALLY COMPLETE DO SOMETHING FROM THE CHECKS, BUT DUE TO CLOSURES, WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO REFORM AT THESE GRADE LEVELS SERVICE PROJECTS.
HOWEVER, CURRENTLY HAVING TO INFORM YOU ALL THIS SCHOOL IS PARTAKING IN A SCHOOL-WIDE SERVICE PROJECT TO BENEFIT HELP OF BEAVERS.
WE ARE COLLECTING CANDIDATES, SPAGHETTI, TOILETRIES, AND CLUBBING FOR HELP AT BEAVER TO HELP LOCALS IN NEED OTHER HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR SCHOOL.
COOL, OUR CAPSTAN CYCLE TRIPS AT THE END OF EACH CYCLE, OUR STUDENTS GO ON A TRIP TO EXPLORE THEIR LIVES.
THE FIRST CYCLE, SECOND GRADE TRAVELED TO SEABROOK ISLAND, OR THEY ARE IMMERSED IN A FIELD STUDY OF A LOCAL BARRIER AT, AT THE END OF THE SECOND CYCLE.
FIFTH GRADERS TRAVELED TO WASHINGTON DC TO EXPERIENCE FIRSTHAND HOW AMERICA IS A REFLECTION OF THE CULTURES THAT HELPED CREATE IT.
AT THE END OF THE THIRD CYCLE, EIGHTH GRADERS TRAVELED TO KISSER RICA TO LEARN AND EXPERIENCE A GLOBAL COMMUNITY AND CLOSING OUR ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS RIVERVIEW CONTINUES TO STRIVE TO GROW ENGAGED GLOBAL CITIZENS THROUGH INNOVATIVE APPROACHES.
WE ARE MORE THAN JUST A PROMISE.
YOU CAN SEE IT IN OUR STUDENTS, SMILES AND FEEL IT IN OUR STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVEMENT, WE ARE PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR RESULTS, AND WE THANKFUL FOR YOUR SPONSORSHIP AND YOUR SUPPORT.
DO WE HAVE A QUESTIONS?
UM, I REALIZED THIS BEFORE GENERALLY IT'S ABOUT THE YEAR THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
HAVE YOU DONE MAP TESTING FOR FALL AND WINTER THIS YEAR? WE HAVEN'T DONE.
AND HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT YOUR, YOUR RESULTS? OUR STUDENTS ARE CONTINUING TO SHOW GRIT IN HER WILL THAT, AND WITHIN THE SPRING THAT WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT GREG AND MEET THAT 50% GOAL OF STUDENTS GROWING WITHIN THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING ME TO CHANGE ALL THOSE SCHOOLS INTO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
THEY NEED TO KNOW SOME MORE FACTS.
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HOW MANY TEACHERS DO YOU HAVE THERE?BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FROM THE BEGINNING SINCE WE WERE INCEPTED IN 2009.
SO YOU HAVE A COST PER STUDENT AVERAGE HANDS-ON I DID NOT PREPARE THAT REPORT FOR YOU THIS EVENING, BUT I'M HAPPY TO GET THAT TO YOU.
YOU KNOW, OTHER SCHOOLS COST PER STUDENT HOW WE CAN MAYBE DO SOME THINGS FINE TOO.
AND OUR FINDING IS IT'S DEPENDENT UPON BEAVER COUNTY AS, AS YOUR SPONSOR.
WE, UH, WE CAN HAVE ALL OUR FINANCIAL STATE LAW AS WELL.
SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT TO YOU.
UM, I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT ON, UM, SO THIS IS THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT ENDED IN MAY JUNE? YES.
SO CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE US A SNAPSHOT A SNAPSHOT OF TODAY, OR ARE YOU ALL BACK FULL TIME, FIVE DAYS A WEEK? I MEAN, CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A LITTLE EXPLANATION OF WHERE WE ARE NOW? OF COURSE, CURRENTLY WE ARE IN A HYBRID STILL MODEL.
WE ARE IN SCHOOL FOUR DAYS A WEEK WITH A FRIDAY FULL VIRTUAL FOR ALL STUDENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE A FULL VIRTUAL OPTION FOR ANY FAMILIES THAT CHOOSE TO CONTINUE AND THAT STARTING OUR THIRD TRIMESTER.
SO ON MARCH 15TH, WE WILL BE GOING BACK FULL FIVE DAYS A WEEK, UM, WITH THE CONTINUANCE OF THAT VIRTUAL PIECE, FOR THOSE WHO PLAN TO TAKE THAT.
AND I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON SLIDE NUMBER FOUR.
NO, IT ACTUALLY WAS NUMBER FIVE.
SO JUST, I'M SURE I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL YEARS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ACADEMIC YEARS AND SO ON, BUT IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY IN FEBRUARY OF 2019, YOUR CHARTER WAS RENEWED AND THERE WAS A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN THAT RENEWAL WHEN YOU, UM, RIVERVIEW SAID THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER GOING TO ACCEPT STUDENTS INTO THEIR PROGRAM, IF THEY WERE NOT ALREADY ENROLLED BY, BY, UH, JANUARY OF HER SIXTH GRADE YEAR.
SO WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS CHART RIGHT HERE, UM, AND I SEE AN INCREASE FROM 2019 20 TO 2021 IN EIGHTH GRADE, I WAS WONDERING, I PROBABLY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND, BUT HOW DOES THAT COMPARE? HOW DOES THAT WORK FOR YOUR NEW RULES THAT YOU WILL NOT ACCEPT NEW STUDENTS IF THEY START AFTER JANUARY ONE FOR SIXTH GRADE? RIGHT? SO THE, UM, WE WILL FILL SEATS, BUT WE NO LONGER WILL FILL THE SEATS AND THAT FED IN AN EIGHTH GRADE YEAR.
SO THAT SIXTH GRADE YEAR WE CAN SAY IT PROBABLY CAME ON OUR CROWN, THE FOLLOWING FOLLOWING YEAR.
AND IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR PRACTICE QUESTION, IF YOU LOOK HERE AT THAT EIGHTH GRADE FROM 52 TO 68, SO I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE WHERE IT GOES DOWN.
AND SEVENTH GRADE ARE 74 TO 72.
YOU'RE NOT FILLING THOSE NEW SEATS, BUT THEN I, I EXPECTED TO SEE THE SAME THING AT EIGHTH GRADE.
AND I SAW AN INCREASE OF AGE SEATS.
I'M SORRY, JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THAT RACE AND I INTERIM DIRECTOR AND I MISS THAT AND I NEED TO THIS DIVISION AND YOU WILL DEFINITELY GET THAT ANSWER BACK TO YOU.
I WAS NOT HERE LAST SCHOOL YEAR.
SO I CAME INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR IN THE MIDDLE, THE CURRENT YEAR WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
THE OTHER THING TOO, TRISHA THAT I NOTICED IS A ONE 35 DAY GAP AND I'M 45 DAY ACCOUNT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT AND I CAN GIVE ANY INFORMATION TO YOU.
NO PROBLEMS. UM, MR. SMITH, I WAS, I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH MR. CAMPBELL.
WE DIDN'T MAKE ALL OUR CHOOSE ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS.
UH, IF THEY, IF THEY BEHAVE LIKE THIS, UM, I I'M ASKING WHAT YOUR, WHERE DO Y'ALL GET YOUR FUNDING FROM, FOR YOUR TRIPS WHEN Y'ALL GO WITH Y'ALL GOING DOWN, GOING DOWN A TRIP AT THE END, UM, ON YOUR VISIONARY TRIPS, THEIR FAMILIES PAID VERSUS THE DISTRICTS, BUT WE ALSO OFFER EXTENSIVE SCHOLARSHIP ALLEVIATE COSTS, EIGHTH GRADE FUNDRAISERS, UM, WITHIN THE SCHOOL DRESS DOWN DAYS AND RAISE FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AS MANY STUDENTS WHO WANT TO GO, GO ON DISTRICTS.
SO BASICALLY I DO FUNDRAISERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
I'M ALSO, DID HE SAY THAT Y'ALL GO TO Y'ALL Y'ALL GOT TO, EXCUSE ME.
UH, HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE THAT? IN SIERRA LEONE?
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WE GET A COSTA RICAN AND SEABROOK ISLAND IN SOUTH CAROLINA, JUST DOWN THE RED AND THEN WASHINGTON DC AND VIC RAID, AND THEN COSTA RICA GUINEA RIGHT ONTO THE COASTAL REGION.IF YOU DON'T MIND, IT DEPENDS ON THE YEAR, BUT WE AVERAGE PROBABLY AROUND 75% OF OUR STUDENTS AND ASSET FAMILIES CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRIPS.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT THAT, THAT GIVES THE KIDS A GREAT INCENTIVE TO WANT TO GO OVER THERE AND TO WANT TO DO GOOD SO THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE.
BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, UM, MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL THAT LAVERNE LIBBY DAVIS, SHE TOOK US TO DIFFERENT PLACES, UM, UH, TO EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND I THINK THAT THOSE TRIPS, THEY DO, THEY DO MAKE A, A, A, A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE WITH THE EXPOSURE AND THE EXPERIENCES THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU GO.
SO, UH, UH, MY HATS GO OFF TO Y'ALL HOPEFULLY YOU CONTINUE TO DO GOOD.
DO GOOD, DO TO DO GOOD WORK IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR COVID, NO TRAVEL HAS HAPPENED LAST SPRING FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, BUT WE HAVE TO PICK THIS BACK UP WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO THANK YOU, MR. BELL, MORE, ONE MORE THING, BECAUSE WE'RE EFFECTIVE ON THAT SIDE, HIM PRODUCT FACTOR.
DO YOU FOLLOW YOUR STUDENTS THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND FURTHER FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED, UH, WHERE THEY SUCCESSFUL AND ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND I'M GUILTY TO SAY, I, I REALLY, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE WHERE YOU'RE DOING THAT FROM A DISTRICT STAFF.
AND WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT RIVERVIEW BECAUSE OF OUR SMALL SCHOOL APPROACH.
A LOT OF THE STUDENTS WANT TO COME BACK AND TELL US HOW SUCCESSFUL THEY HAVE BEEN IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WE, THEY LOVE THEIR TEACHERS AND THEY COME BACK TO TELL THEM WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO COLLEGE OR, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE DOING IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE'VE HAD SEVERAL RIVERVIEW GRADUATES BE VALEDICTORIANS OF SOME OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, HIGH SCHOOLS AND WHATNOT.
MY COMMENT IS YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE THAT SMALL AND HOLDEN'S A FEW OTHER PLACES.
NO, BUT THAT WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU AS WELL WITHOUT THE DISTRICT RESPONSE.
WE GENUINELY CARE ABOUT YOUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS.
AND THEN BECAUSE OF THAT, JUST A VARIETY OF REASONS.
AND THAT WAS THE YEAR WE DID CHANGE OUR ADMIN IN OUR CHARTER THAT AFTER JANUARY, NO LONGER FILLING SEATS, CURRENTLY OUR ENROLLMENT AS TO DATE IS 681 STUDENTS.
AND HOW MANY OF YOU SAID STARTING OUT JUST GOING TO LIKE A WEEK OR SO, YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN FULL, FULLY FACE-TO-FACE AND VIRTUAL.
AND HOW MANY ARE CHOOSING THE FACE TO FACE? SO WE HAVE, I KNOW THERE ARE GOOD 89 STUDENTS VIRTUALLY STARTING NEXT QUARTER.
SO AROUND 600 AND THAT WILL BE ON SCIENCE.
WE JUST DID A RECENT SURVEY THIS WEEK TO SEE WHO'S COMING BACK.
WE HAVE NOT SET OUR LOTTERY PROCEDURES YET.
NO, WE HAVE CALLED A LOTTERY FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS.
IF THERE ARE SEATS AVAILABLE, EXCUSE ME, I NEED TO REPHRASE I'M SET AT THE EIGHTH GRADE.
WE DO NEXT A LOTTERY FOR THOSE GRADES THAT I'M KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIXTH EVIL.
UM, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON SOMETHING YOU SAID, SO YOU HAVEN'T SET YOUR PROCEDURES YET.
THEY DON'T, THEY STAY THE SAME.
WE ADD, CAN BE TRIED TO WAIT OUR LOTTERY AS WELL.
AND WE WORK, UM, WITH, IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MADE OUR LOTTERY APPROPRIATELY AND OUR, UM, BOARD WILL, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY MAKE A MOTION TO PROCEED WITH THOSE PROCEDURES WHEN WE WAIT AT LOTTERY.
SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING INTO EXACTLY ALL THE WAY OUR LOTTERY FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
SO YOU'RE NOT MOVING TO CHANGE YOUR PROCEDURES FOR THE SUCCESSFUL THE PROCEDURE.
MR. SMITH, UM, IN THIS PANDEMIC, HOW MANY TEACHERS HAVE YOUR LOSS THROUGH THIS CAN BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC? YES.
MA'AM ANY TEACHER SPECIFICALLY
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DUE TO PANDEMIC REASONS.UM, WE DO HAVE TEACHERS THAT COME IN AND OUT, MAYBE DO SOME MILITARY AND THEY'RE MOVING.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE'VE LOST, UM, THIS SCHOOL YEAR, NEITHER DUE TO THE CANDIDATE, ACTUALLY.
UM, BECAUSE LUCKILY BEEN OKAY.
SO THAT'S ALL Y'ALL LOST WAS TWO TEACHERS WHILE YET, SO, SO Y'ALL REALLY HAVE STRONG TEACHER RETENTION TEACHER RETENTION PROGRAM, HUH? YEAH.
99% OF OUR TEACHERS ARE TRYING THROUGH THE YEAR AND WE ARE SO HAPPY AND THANKFUL FOR THAT.
UM, I AGREE WITH THIS, BUT I CANNOT LET THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO MR. CAMPBELL'S QUESTION.
YOU GO BY X IT'S, $8,700 PER KID, CURRENTLY THAT WE REVIEW.
SO WE DO RECEIVE MOST OF THE FUNDING THAT A SCHOOL CHILD WOULD RECEIVE IN A TRADITIONAL DISTRICT SCHOOL, BUT IT IS SOMEWHAT LESS.
THAT IS THE CHARGE OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL TO MAKE THAT WORK WELL AGAIN, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING TONIGHT AND FOR YOUR VERY FINE PRESENTATION AND OUR APOLOGIES ON YOUR WALWAY.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US ATTEND TONIGHT.
[TSI Schools Update – Dr. Mary Stratos, and Mr. Daniel Fallon ]
RIGHT.WE NEED A MOTION BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT GOING TO EXTEND OR WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN IT'S I HAVE MOTIONS NINE 15.
I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE THE TSI PRESENTATION TOMORROW, MARCH 16TH, AND THEN EXTEND OUR TIME HERE TONIGHT UNTIL 10 30.
THE NOTION IS TO CAUSE, UM, UH, THE PSI UPDATE.
HOW MANY AGENDA TO THE BOARD MEETING OF MARCH 16 AND EXTEND TONIGHT'S MEETING UNTIL 10:30 PM.
AND THE SECOND WAS THE MOTION MADE BY BOTH GREG AND THE SECOND WAS FINE IF, IF, HAVE ANY DISCUSSION AND IT'S JUST BEEN, I, UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE EXTENDED OUR SIZE FOR A WHILE NOW, AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE HEARD FROM THEM.
SO I, I THINK THERE IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAR THAT WE DO HEAR FROM THEM BECAUSE WHAT THEY ARE, WHAT ARE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY BRING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN REALLY SUPPORT THAT MOTION DUE TO THESE, THE A, THIS IS THE SUMMARY OF WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE BRINGING.
SO, UM, I, I SHOULD A LITTLE CONCERN THERE.
UM, MR.
AND, UM, AND I ALSO THINK ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR ANGELA, BUT WE'RE GOING UP TOMORROW NIGHT FOR THE, UM, NEW BOARD ORIENTATION.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE AT THIS MEETING THAT THAT'S A DEAL BREAKER.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANGELA WILL BE ON, WHICH IS WHY I KIND OF LIKE TO TRY AND GET AS MUCH AS I THINK IF WE LEAVE THE TSI ON, THEN WE JUST SHOULD, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY A JOURNEY TOMORROW.
I THINK IF GOOD POINT STEPHANIE WAS ASKING, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK THAT IF THE MOTION COULD REFLECT WHAT, WHAT ITEMS ARE BASED ON WHERE THEY ARE ON THE AGENDA, LIKE NINE, EIGHT, OR, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHICH ONES WE'RE PUTTING OFF.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED TSI, BUT I ALSO SEE THE PRIORITY SCHOOLS.
AND THEN THERE WAS A CONVERSATION THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE INCLUDED.
SO IF WE COULD IDENTIFY WHAT IT IS EXACTLY BY THE, THE NUMBER AND LETTER THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED, UM, THEN WE WOULD POSTPONE THE ITEM, ATC TSI SCHOOL UPDATE TO MARCH 16 AND EXTEND THE, UH, WHAT THE TIME LIMIT TO 10 30.
I PERSONALLY DON'T MIND STAYING AT 10 30, BUT I JUST REALLY, UM, AM CONCERNED ABOUT OUR STAFF.
AND EVERYBODY HAS PROBABLY BEEN HERE SINCE SEVEN, 10 30 AND, YOU KNOW, LIVE IN HILTON HEAD AS YOU DO.
AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE HERE.
I MEAN, SO, SO, UM, WE COULD GET INPUT FROM THE STAFF IF THEY'D RATHER COME BACK TOMORROW.
RODRIGUEZ, JUST, UM, I MEAN, LET ME PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT STAYING HERE TILL 10 30 OR COMING BACK TOMORROW,
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I DON'T KNOW.NEITHER ONE IS A GREAT OPTION.
JEAN WOULD PREFER TO STAY TILL 10 30, THE DISTRICT VEHICLES.
MS. MIDDLETON, YOU CAN PUT IT UP AND DOWN.
IS THAT CORRECT? GEAR GOOD? YEAH, I'VE CHANGED MY MIND.
I I'M WITH DACA, WITH NETSCAPE, I NEED SOME CLARITY ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CARRY BECAUSE I CAN STILL BE, ALTHOUGH I'M TRAVELING TOMORROW, I WILL STILL BE ON IF YOU HAVE TO GO HOME.
SO THE ONLY THING, THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD BE CARRIED OVER UNTIL THE MARCH 16TH MEETING IS THE TSI SCHOOLS UPDATE.
AND, UM, NOW WE DIDN'T CONCLUDE IT.
ALL THE ITEMS BY 10 30 WOULD EITHER ADJOURN AND COME BACK TOMORROW OR WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER MOTION TO EXTEND THIS QUIET.
UH, WE WILL OPEN VOTING MR. EARL CAMPBELL.
SO GREG, THE MOTION IS APPROVED EIGHT ONE ONE.
THE ONE NOW IS, UH, WILLIAM SMITH AND THE ABSTENTION IS D'ANGELO OFF THE MIDDLE OF TIME.
[Priority Schools Update ]
ALL RIGHT.SO IF YOU ARE ON AND WE WERE SHOOTING DR.
AND TONIGHT WE'LL BEGIN THE CALL.
NUMBER ONE, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AT A RECENT BOARD MEETING, WE SPOKE ABOUT THE ACADEMIC IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS.
AND DURING THAT PRESENTATION, WE SHARED THE FALL MAP.
ASSESSMENTS WERE ADMINISTERED THROUGH A VIRTUAL FORMAT AND THAT THE WINTER MAP ASSESSMENTS WERE ADMINISTERED ONSITE AT SCHOOLS.
AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT THE WINTER MAP IS A MUCH BETTER INDICATOR OF WHERE STUDENTS ARE AND THEIR INDEPENDENT WORK FOR THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING QUARTERLY PRIORITIES, FOOLS UPDATES TO THE BOARD.
STRAUSS WILL GUIDE US THROUGH THIS PRIORITY SCHOOL, A QUARTERLY UPDATE, AGAIN, BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I AM GOING TO ASK DANIEL FALLON IS ONLINE PRINCIPAL, PAT FRIEDA AND PRINCIPAL CRANE WALK LIKE THEY HAVE SOME SIDE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
THEN I JUST WANT TO GET SOME QUICK INFORMATION.
DAN, DANIEL PALLET, ARE YOU ONLINE PLEASE? WELL, THIS EVENING WE ARE PRESENTING INFORMATION REGARDING PRIORITY SCHOOL FOR SCHOOL.
ACTUALLY WE CAN HAVE MOLLY WOULD BE FREDDIE MO AND THEN I JUST NEED TO GET CONFIRMATION.
I KNOW HE'S ON STANDBY, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST SLIDE THROUGH THE DEATH BECAUSE I JUST COMMUNICATED WITH HIM.
THANK YOU, MS. MOLLY, OR MRS. CUSHY.
VERY WE COULD HAVE, WELL, BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL BE THE FIRST SCHOOL OF PLACE.
APPRECIATE IT, MR. MILAN, I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU WENT ON TO HAVE BEEN THAT YOU CAN START OFF WITH A PRESENTATION ON YOUR SCHOOL, IF NOT, I WOULD DRIVE THE LAST FEW DAYS OR SO THAT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.
AND I DO PROMISE THESE ARE NOT MY ORACLE PAJAMAS.
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SCHOOL UNIFORM SHIRT.UM, UM, I'M HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S THROUGH THE, UH, COVID PANDEMIC, UM, THAT MANY OF US ARE SUFFERING THROUGH, BUT TOGETHER WE WILL, UM, SURVIVE AND GET STRONGER NUMBERS.
UH, THE YOUNG LADY PRESENTED EARLIER TONIGHT AND SHE MENTIONED WHEEL BRANCH MIDDLE-SCHOOL AND HILTON HEAD IN REFERENCE TO BEING ON THE PRIORITY LIST.
UM, AND I REMEMBER ORIGINALLY IN 2018 AND 19, UM, MY SCHOOL HAD AN OVERALL SCORE OF 26 AND STARTING IN THE 1920 SCHOOL YEAR, WE GREW FROM THE 26TH, UM, OFFICIAL SCORE TO A 42.
THEREFORE WE WERE REALLY EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO TESTING, UM, THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WHICH DIDN'T OCCUR DUE TO COVID.
WE HAD MADE SOME GROUNDS, SOME GAINS, AND, UM, WE'RE TRULY, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING OFF THIS LIST AND WHICH WOULD BE A TREAT I WOULDN'T HAVE TO STAND BEFORE YOU EVERY QUARTER TO PRESENT, BUT SINCE I'M HERE, LET'S GO WITH IT.
SO I WENT TO FALL, UM, INFORMATION, THE COMPARATIVE MAP DATA, UM, SHOWS THAT THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL GROWTH IN, UH, IN AREAS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
UM, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY THREE TO 64 STUDENTS THAT WILL BRANCH, UM, MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND, UM, THERE'S SOME GAINS, NOT THE GAINS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
UM, TRULY WE'D LOVE TO SEE A WHOLE LOT MORE GAIN, BUT I THINK, UM, WHEN I PRESENTED THE MAP DATA FROM THE LAST TIME, THERE WAS PRETTY GOOD GAIN OVERALL.
UM, BUT AS DR. RODRIGUEZ STATED NOT LONG AGO, THAT THE WINTER DATA IS A TRUE PICTURE, UH, WHERE WE ARE.
SO WHEN WE PULL THAT INFORMATION, UM, THE DATA HAD FALLEN SOME, AND OF COURSE, I THINK, UM, DUE TO WHERE MY STUDENTS WERE BEING A THIRD OF THEM, IF I CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, A THIRD OF THEM WERE, ARE, ARE IN THE BUILDING.
AND THE OTHER TWO THIRDS AT HOME, THAT MEANS APPROXIMATE 120 KIDS ARE IN THE BUILDING WITH ME AND THE OTHERS ARE HOME.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING AT A WELL BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL TO, TO, UM, ASSIST OUR STUDENTS IN GROWING, WE HAVE TWO TUTORS THAT WORK WITH US, UM, DAILY, UH, OUR MTSS AND RTI PROGRAM CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATE 177 STUDENTS, AS YOU SEE ON THE BOARD AND WE'RE ON NUMBERS AND OPERATIONS, I'M READING, WE'RE FOCUSING ON COMPREHENSION AND INFORMATIONAL TEXTS.
SO THE NEXT LINE WE HAVE THE MTSS AND THE TIER THREE STUDENTS, WHICH TIER THREE STUDENTS SIMPLY MEANS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT DURING AN INTERVENTION BLOCK, NOT DURING RELATED ARTS, BUT A SPECIFIC INTERVENTION BLOCK THAT WE HAVE FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL.
THOSE TIER THREE KIDS ARE RECEIVING INTERVENTION IN SMALL GROUPS OF THREE OR LESS WITH A CERTIFIED ELA OR MATH TEACHER.
WE ALSO HAVE THE TIER TWO KIDS THAT ARE RECEIVING INTERVENTION IN DURING CLASS WITH THE CLASSROOM TEACHER, UM, IN SMALL GROUPS OF FIVE OR LESS THAN WE HAVE TIER ONE, KIDS ARE JUST GETTING, UM, SUPPLEMENTAL, IMPLICATED, UM, INTERVENTION IN CLASS.
WE ARE USING THE IREADY PROGRAM, UM, AT WHALE BRANCH, UM, MIDDLE SCHOOL TO MONITOR STUDENT GROWTH AND SEE HOW WE CAN BEST ASSIST THEM.
UM, I CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE NOW MA'AM WELL BRANCH.
WE ARE USING, UM, VIRTUAL AFTERSCHOOL MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, BUT ALSO THE FACE-TO-FACE AFTER SCHOOL.
WE STARTED MARCH THE EIGHTH WITH, UM, STUDENTS THAT WE CHOSE THERE ON THE, ON THE BUBBLE, THAT IF WE PUSH THIS A LITTLE MORE WITH A LITTLE MORE INTERVENTION, UM, THAT THEY WOULD GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND THEN OF COURSE HELP US TO POSSIBLY GET OFF THE PRIORITY LIST.
UM, THE SATURDAY SCHOOL THAT WE'RE USING AT WHALE BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL IS EVERY SATURDAY FROM NINE TO 12.
AND WE GET QUITE A FEW STUDENTS THERE THAT ARE RECEIVING, UM, SERVICES FROM A MATH AND ELA CERTIFIED TEACHER.
UM, IF I'LL BACK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT TO VIRTUAL SCHOOL, THAT'S FROM FOUR 30 TO SEVEN 30 MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
UM, AND YOU HAVE A CERTIFIED TEACHER, UM, IN THE ZOOM WINDOW.
UM, THEY'RE ASSISTING STUDENTS, SO STUDENTS CAN COME IN AT WILL TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE AS SOON AS THEY'RE FINISHING OUR ASSAY AND GETTING THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THEY HAVE, THEY CAN LEAVE OUT.
BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, AT THE SEVEN 30 TO EIGHT 30 HOUR, OUR COUNSELOR CONTACTS, PARENTS FOR KIDS THAT WE POSSIBLY HADN'T SEEN THAT DAY
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OR STUDENTS THAT ARE, UM, FAILING, UH, ONE OR MORE CLASSES, UM, JUST TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH PARENTS.AND WE DO IT THAT LATE SUMMER BECAUSE SOMETIMES OUR PARENTS ARE WORKING AND THEY'RE UNABLE TO, UM, BE REACHED DURING THE REGULAR SCHOOL DAY.
UM, SO MS. LAWTON MAKES THOSE CALLS FOR US AND, UM, CATALOGS INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN USE IT TO BETTER ASSIST OUR STUDENTS.
OUR TEACHERS ALSO HAVE OFFICE HOURS IN THE MORNING, UM, FROM EIGHT 15 TILL ABOUT EIGHT 45 AND THE AFTERNOONS FROM THREE 45 TO FOUR 15 TO ASSIST OUR STUDENTS AS WELL.
AND I'M SPOKE OF THE GREAT CHECK-IN WITH OUR COUNSELOR.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE AND RELEVANT INSTRUCTION TO ENSURE ACADEMIC SUCCESS.
FOR EVERY STUDENT, WE HAVE A WELD RANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WE DO THIS AND, UM, VARIOUS WAYS, ONE STANDARDS BASED INSTRUCTION.
I'M JUST GOING BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA STANDARDS AND BREAKING THEM DOWN SO THAT WE CAN TRULY MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING.
WHY ARE THEY LEARNING THEM AND MAKING IT RELEVANT TO THEM? WE USE THE GRADUAL RELEASE MODEL, WHICH IS USED ALL OVER.
UM, I DO YOU DO REDO, I DO REDO YOU DO, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS SEE THE PROBLEMS. I HEAR THE PROBLEMS MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE WE LET THEM, UH, WORK IN SMALL GROUPS OR BY THEMSELVES, THE DATA GET DIGS ARE IMPERATIVE TO MOVING STUDENTS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
OUR TEACHERS THROUGH PLC, UM, USE THE DATA THAT WE GAINED FROM IREADY AND FOR MAP, UM, TO SEE, OR IN, FROM FORMATIVE FORMATIVE ASSIGNMENTS THAT WE GIVE OUT THE SCHOOL DAY, JUST TO SEE WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP.
THAT'LL BETTER, BETTER ASSIST OUR STUDENTS TO MOVE THEM FORWARD.
THE SMALL GROUP DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION THAT WE USE WITHIN THE CLASSROOM BEING AN ELEMENTARY MINDED TEACHER COMING FROM ELEMENTARY BACKGROUND.
WHEN I TAUGHT THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADES AT POOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IT WAS, UM, USED OFTEN SMALL GROUPS, UM, IN MY CLASS EVERY DAY USING CENTERS.
WELL IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT'S QUITE EFFECTIVE AS WELL, JUST USING SMALL GROUPS WITH STUDENTS SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A MORE INTIMATE CONVERSATION AND HAVE STUDENTS TO FEEL CONFIDENT IN THAT SMALL GROUP.
NOW, WITH COVID, IT'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE BIG SHIELDS UP MASK ON, UH, SOMETIMES A VOICE ARE MUFFLED OR WE TRY TO MAKE THE BEST OF THE SITUATION.
WE HAVE KEEPING STUDENTS SAFE AND MAKING SURE THEY GET THE NECESSARY SKILLS SO THEY CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, OUR AT NFI TIER THREE STUDENTS AND MEET WITH INTERVENTIONISTS FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
UM, SOME STUDENTS GET, UM, SERVICES AT LEAST THREE TIMES IN ELA OR MATH.
UM, AND, AND FOR VARIOUS REASONS, SOME, IF YOU'RE A SIXTH GRADE STUDENT AND YOU'RE ON A, ON A THIRD GRADE LEVEL, THERE'S A LOT OF FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS THAT WE NEED TO, UM, HELP YOU GAIN.
THEREFORE, WE THINK IT'S AN IMPERATIVE THAT THAT INTERVENTION IS BEING DONE, UM, AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE, MOST OF THESE STUDENTS, HOWEVER, RECEIVE ADDITIONAL 90 MINUTES WEEKLY.
I CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UM, I KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT YOU'VE GOT YOUR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF YOUR COMMUNITY, WHEN YOU ARE OUT IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON, ACCORDING TO YOUR NUMBERS, YOU HAVE 244 STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING TAUGHT VIRTUALLY WHAT'S YOUR ASSESSMENT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEWS THAT, UH, TEACHERS WILL BE VACCINATED STARTING MARCH 8TH, OR AT LEAST BE ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR US.
UM, WHAT'S YOUR FEELING THAT SOME OF THESE FAMILIES WILL HAVE THEIR STUDENTS COME BACK FACE TO FACE? CAN YOU JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YES, MA'AM.
UM, FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS WE'VE BEEN CHECKING ATTENDANCE AT OUR SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE STUDENTS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR FACE-TO-FACE OR ATTENDING REGULARLY, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL ROOM, WE HAVE TO CALL, UM, TO BRING MORE STUDENTS IN THAT WE'RE DOING THAT.
UM, WHAT I'VE BEEN RUNNING INTO WITH, UH, SOME PARENTS IS THAT THEY REALLY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE.
SO I'M HOPING THAT WITH TEACHERS BEING ABLE TO GET THE VACCINE, PARENTS WILL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH BRINGING THEIR STUDENTS IN, UM, AS A WHOLE, WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB AT OUR SCHOOL, MAKING SURE THAT ONE ONLY OUR TEACHERS ARE MOVING THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
THEREFORE STUDENTS UNFORTUNATELY HAVE TO STAY IN THEIR CLASSES THE ENTIRE TIME, BUT IT'S OUT
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OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION THAT WE DO THAT.UM, SO WE HAD A DISCUSSION THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THOSE BRAIN BREAKS FOR OUR STUDENTS, SO THEY CAN MOVE AROUND.
SOMETIMES THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE.
UM, BUT OVERALL, I THINK IF WE CONVINCE OUR FAMILIES THAT, UM, IT'S TRULY SAFE IN THE BUILDING, UM, THAT WE'LL HAVE A LARGER POPULATION OF STUDENTS COME BACK IN, UM, DOING THE MATH WITH THE STAFF THAT I HAVE IN THE BUILDING.
I CAN HOLD ABOUT 190 STUDENTS A SPACE THING ABOUT SIX FEET APART.
UM, SO I TRY TO USE THAT WITH PARENTS WHEN I'M, UM, EXPLAINED THAT, UM, WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS ARE SOCIALLY DISTANCE SANITIZING MASK UP, UM, AND AS LITTLE TRAVEL AS POSSIBLE.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL CONVINCE PARENTS THAT, UM, THEY SHOULD SEND THEIR STUDENTS BACK TO, UM, THE BUILDING WITH US.
UM, SO MY QUESTION KIND OF CENTERS AROUND, UM, THE DATA AS IT EXISTS THROUGH, UH, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LENS AND HOW YOU'RE IDENTIFYING THOSE KIDS THAT ARE COMING TO YOU FROM YOUR FEEDER SCHOOLS.
UM, ARE YOU IDENTIFYING STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE? UM, MUCH PRIOR TO THE, THE MAP TESTING, ARE YOU, HOW ARE YOU KIND OF TACKLING THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NEW TO YOUR SCHOOL, BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE DISTRICT AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GETTING THEM RIGHT AS THEY COME IN YOUR DOORS.
MR. MURPHY, YOU LET YOU LET SOME LIGHT OUT TO THAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR ROLL OVER YET.
NEVER HAVE BEEN IN JULY, ALTHOUGH THE SCHOOLS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE INCOMING STUDENTS, THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE PERFORMANCE AND STANDARDIZED TESTING OF THE KIDS COMING TO THEM FROM THEIR FEEDER PROGRAM, BECAUSE THE ROLL OVER OF INFORMATION HASN'T HAPPENED.
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE DISTRICT-WIDE ACCESS, I'LL LEAVE THAT, UM, AS WELL AS THE FACULTY OF CHOICE APPLICATION PROCESS, JUST STARTING.
SO THERE'S STILL ONE WILL NOT HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHO HIS INCOMING STUDENTS ARE UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THAT NEXT STEP, WHICH ENDS ON TECHNICALLY UP PATIENTS.
CAUSE I WOULD THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE LOGICAL NEXT STEP, UM, AS YOU ROLL THROUGH, UM, AND HOPEFULLY ARE LOOKING TO GET OFF THE PRIORITY LIST.
UM, IS THAT GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENTLY, UH, AS YOU DO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT, UM, ARE VIRTUAL AND, AND KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THEY'RE GETTING ALL THE TOUCHES THAT THEY NEED, UM, IS THAT GUN IS THEY'RE GOING TO KIND OF HAVE TO BE A PLAN A AND A PLAN B FOR THE PRIORITY SCHOOLS AND AS YOU MAKE THAT CYCLE FELLING IT THIS LONG FOR A SECOND.
WELL, MS WAS NEPHI I THINK THAT, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I BELIEVE THAT THE GAINS WE WERE MAKING IN 1920, UM, CATAPULTED 16 POINTS TO, UM, TO ASSIST US WITH BECOMING AVERAGE.
BUT I BELIEVE WITH PRIMARY SCHOOLS, IT TAKES TWO YEARS BEFORE YOU CAN GET OFF THE LIST, THE 19TH, THE 20, 21 SCHOOL YEAR, WE DID NOT, UM, TEST.
SO NOW WHERE WE ARE, WHEN I LOOK AT THE DATA THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN, I SEE THAT THERE'S A BIT OF A SLUMP THAT REFORMING IN DUE TO FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
UM, BUT ONE THING THAT WE AREN'T ABLE TO HAVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE BUILDING SO THAT WE CAN TRULY ASSIST THEM WITH WHAT THEY NEED, UM, IN TO, UNFORTUNATELY AT LEAST SOME OUR STUDENTS DURING THE SCHOOL, THEY WENT THERE AT HOME INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO BE ON WITH US THROUGH VIRTUALLY THEY'RE HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR YOUNGER SIBLINGS OR DO OTHER THINGS AT THE HOUSE.
SO THAT'S HAMPERING OUR GROWTH AS WELL.
SO I FORESEE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE WILL BE, UM, MAKING GROUNDS TO GET BACK TO WHERE WE WERE, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY WASN'T THE BEST PLACE TO BE IN.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT TO GET BACK THERE.
AND THEN ALSO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE THOSE STUDENTS FROM THAT POSITION EVEN HIGHER.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US AND THAT'S WHERE WE TRY TO USE THE DATA THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED TO US THROUGH A FORMATIVE, THROUGH THE DIAGNOSIS THAT WE USE WITH IREADY AND NWA TO ASSIST OR DRIVE OUR TEACHING FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I, I JUST, I KNOW THAT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK DISTRICT WIDE AND THEN, UM, FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE BEEN SEEING THOSE GAMES AND THEN THIS TO HAPPEN IS REALLY, UM, UNFORTUNATE, BUT I THINK THAT I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT YOU NEED
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TO DO.HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO DESEGREGATE THE DATA EVEN FURTHER? AND WHEN I ASKED THAT, I MEAN, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR WINTER MAP SCORES, DO YOU KNOW HOW THE KIDS THAT ARE DOING IN PERSON VERSUS HOW THE KIDS ARE SCORING THAT ARE VIRTUAL? I KNOW WE MIGHT HAVE SOME SUPPOSITIONS ABOUT THAT, BUT I'M WONDERING IF YOU, YOU KNOW, IF DANIELS OR HAVE YOU LOOKED AT IT LIKE THAT WAY, THESE ARE THE KIDS THAT ARE HERE AND WHAT, HOW THEY'RE GROWING? JUST A QUESTION.
MA'AM UM, MR. FALLON, AND, UH, THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ALL THE DATA THAT YOU PROVIDE US.
UM, SO WE LOOKED AT THE DATA FROM THE FALL AND COMPARED IT TO THE WINNER.
I SAW SOME STUDENTS THAT, THAT SCORES, UM, WENT UP AS MUCH AS 80 POINTS.
UM, AND THEN THAT SAME STUDENT, I LOOK AT THEIR SCORE, UH, FROM THE WINNER, THIS SCORE PLUMMETED.
SO THEY HAD HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME STUDENTS TO SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS.
AND IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, I WAS THINKING YOU MUST HAVE HAD SOME ASSISTANCE FROM GOOGLE OR AN OLDER SIBLING OR SOMEONE.
AND, UM, FOR THE MOST PART, SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS DID, WE DIDN'T HAVE A TRUE PICTURE IN THE FALL.
UM, BUT DURING THE WINTER, I DIDN'T MENTION EARLIER, WE HAD THE DYNO, WHICH OUR TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO MONITOR WHAT STUDENTS ARE YOU DOING ON THE COMPUTERS WHILE THEY'RE TESTING.
SO IF YOU'RE TESTING AND USE, SWITCH OVER TO GO TO GOOGLE AND YOU SEARCH THE QUESTION, THEN YOU GET THE ANSWER AND YOU PUT IT BACK IN THE SYSTEM.
SO STUDENTS WERE NOT DOING THAT IN THE WINTER, THEREFORE, UM, WE GOT A TRUE PICTURE OF WHERE THEY WERE ACADEMICALLY OR WHERE THEY ARE ACADEMICALLY.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY THE, THE, THE, THE SCORES ARE SKEWED SOMEWHAT.
SO WE HAVE A TRULY DEPICTION RIGHT NOW, MS.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE DO PROVIDE ANOTHER FILE THAT SCHOOLS HAVE DIS-AGGREGATED BY VIRTUAL.
FACE-TO-FACE NOT AS A THEME OF COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS.
THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES, THERE'S A PIVOT TABLE FILE THAT IS RECEIVED, AND THEY DO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY DO A COMPARISONS THAT I'VE MODELED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS SO OFTEN IS NOT BRINGING THE PHONE IS ALSO A CAMPAIGN.
LIKE YOU HAVE TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE TO BE IN SCHOOL IN ORDER TO WIN THAT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF LEARNING.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU STARTED WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY AND REACHING OUT TO THEM, TO THE LOCAL CHURCHES AND HAVING CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE NEED OUR CHILDREN TO BE WITH US SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE BEST QUALITY EDUCATION AND HAVE THAT EXPECTATION THAT IT'S AN X THAT EVERYONE DOES PERFORM AND ACHIEVE.
IT'S REALLY THE KIDS THAT ARE WITH THE US FACE TO FACE.
IT'S THE DATA SHOWING THAT THEY'RE MAKING GREATER GAINS IN YOUR KIDS, IN OUR VIRTUAL, SOME TESTING APP VALID HE'S THERE, AND NOW HE'S GOT THE DYNO.
MA'AM UH, JUST A, A BRIEF, UH, THE DATA IS FALLEN WINTER.
UH, SO IF YOU DO RECALL HOW WE, WE TRANSITIONED INTO THE 20, 21 SCHOOL YEAR, UH, FALL, WE WERE FULLY VIRTUAL FOR A FEW WEEKS.
UM, AND THEN WE FINISHED OUT THE 20, 20, 20 YEAR, UM, IN A HYBRID MODEL.
SO TRULY WE HAVEN'T BEEN FACE TO FACE, UH, WITHOUT SOME SORT OF VIRTUAL LEARNING COMPONENT UNTIL AFTER OUR WINTER MAP ASSESSMENTS.
SO YES, WE CAN LOOK AT WHO HAS BEEN HARBORED, WHO HAS BEEN OVER JEWEL.
UH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER MAP ASSESSMENT.
UH, WE CAN LOOK AT GRADES AND WHATNOT, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANOTHER MAP ASSESSMENT TO MEASURE STUDENTS THAT HAVE TRULY BEEN WHAT WE WERE DEEMED.
FACE-TO-FACE, YOU KNOW, FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
I GUESS IT'S RACIAL, UH, ESPECIALLY IT WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN'T GET A CLEAR PICTURE AS A BOARD MEMBER ON WHERE WE ARE FROM WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING ME.
AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT BACK THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
I THINK I SPOKE ABOUT THAT'S ABOUT IT.
I, I, I, ONE BOARD NUMBER LIKE A CONSISTENCY.
AND HOW WILL YOU SHOW ME YOUR REPORT? SO I CAN KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE SITUATION IS VERY DIFFICULT NOW, BUT I STILL WANT TO KNOW, DO WE HAVE A CHANCE AT ALL
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COMING OUT OF THE PRIORITY SCHOOL? AND IF WE DON'T, WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES WE DID, BUT LAST YEAR, THE REPORT OF LAST REPORT WAS NOT LIKE THIS REPORT OR LAST REPORT TO YOUR MATH SCORES AND GRADE LEVEL MATH SCORE IT.AND YOU KNOW HOW THE GROUP WENT FROM ONE YEAR TO THE LAST.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE OTHER THING, I WANT TO SEE THAT.
SO WHEN YOU COME TO SAY, I NEED THIS AND THIS AND THIS DONE, WE GOT SOME BACKUP INFORMATION THERE.
HOW IT'S BEEN RUNNING OVER TIME.
AND OVERTIME IS IMPORTANT, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THIS LITTLE GLITCH AT THE TIME, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING, YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT HAPPENED HERE WITH THE VIRTUAL FACE-TO-FACE.
WE ADDRESSING A PROBLEM THAT EXISTED BEFORE THAT.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING WRONG, INCLUSIVE OF THAT.
SO I DON'T SEE THAT WITH THIS YOU'RE BORDERLESS NOT TO ANYBODY'S BLAME.
I JUST WANT A CONSISTENCY IN THE REPORTING, YOU KNOW, FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, I RECALL, UH, UH, THE PRINCIPALS OF SCHOOLS SAYING THAT THEY WERE MAKING PROGRESS LAST TIME.
WELL, I WANT TO SEE THAT THEY'RE NOT MAKING PROGRESS, I GUESS.
UM, DO YOU WANT TO STAY WHERE MS. KIM WAS COMING FROM? I MISS, UM, I GOT DESCRIBED AS I LIKED HOW YOU PUT THE LAST THING THAT YOU PUT.
UM, SO TO, TO, TO, TO THAT, TO THAT DEFENSE, MR. LAWTON, HOW MANY, WHAT WAS YOUR DAILY DAILY ATTENDANCE LOOK LIKE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES VERSUS THE VIRTUAL, APPROXIMATELY 120 STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE BUILDING ON A DAILY BASIS? THEY'RE YOU SAID 120.
AND HOW ABOUT VIRTUALLY? I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, UM, MATHEMATICALLY SPEAKING.
BUT YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO ACTUALLY SHOWS UP EVERY DAY, CORRECT? RIGHT.
SO, I MEAN, I CAN DO THE MATH AND TELL YOU THE ONE TO 44, BUT TO GIVE YOU THE EXACT NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ATTEND VIRTUALLY, UM, EVERY DAY, I CAN'T GIVE THAT NUMBER RIGHT NOW, SIR.
I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU THOUGH.
AND THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE AS SIMPLY AS THIS, IT'S EASY TO SAY WHAT WE CAN DO AND HOW WE CAN GET THINGS, UH, GET THINGS DONE.
BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY THAT THEIR BODY'S ACTUALLY IN THE CHAIRS, OR ACTUALLY IN THE CLASSROOM OR IN FRONT OF COMPUTERS, THEN WE CAN'T GET THOSE STUDENTS TO, WE CAN'T GET THOSE, THOSE TOOLS LIKE EXCELLING AND ACHIEVING, UH, AND THE ACADEMICS, BECAUSE WE MUST HAVE THOSE STUDENTS PRESENT AND BE IN THERE.
THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE THERE AND THEY'RE WILLING TO LEARN.
SO, I MEAN, IT DOES BRING ME SOME CONCERNS WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH,
SO I DO APPRECIATE THOSE THINGS, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS SOON THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO OFFER THOSE THINGS TO THE COMMUNITY OR OUR, ARE WE GETTING GREAT TRACK? ARE WE GETTING GOOD ENOUGH TRASH AND TO FEED THESE PROGRAMS ARE FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBER AND FROM THE STUDENTS IS MY QUESTION, MR. LAWTON.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS WHAT TYPE OF TRACTION ARE WE GETTING WHEN IT COMES TO THE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM AND THE SATURDAY SCHOOL? WHAT KIND OF TRACTION ARE WE GETTING? ARE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING OR NO? OKAY, THANK YOU.
STUDENTS ARE DEFINITELY PARTICIPATING IN BOTH THE, OF AFTER SCHOOL, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FROM FOUR 37 AND THE, UM, SATURDAY SCHOOL.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS NUMBERS, I CAN HAVE AS MANY AS 50 KIDS SHOW UP TO AFTERSCHOOL IN THE AFTERNOONS ON SATURDAYS.
UH, THIS PAST SATURDAY, WE HAD 16 STUDENTS THAT CAME IN TO SATURDAY SCHOOL FROM NINE TO 12
THAT IS NOT, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT THAT'S NOT BAD.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR, FOR SATURDAY TWOS TO GET NINE TO 92, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SATURDAY DETENTION.
WE TALKING ABOUT EDUCATING STUDENTS, COMING TO THIS CAR, COMING TO SCHOOL WITH SCHOOL ON SATURDAY TO, UH, ENHANCE THE EDUCATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, KUDOS, I JUST WANT, HOPEFULLY THAT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING HARD
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AND KEEP PERFORMING.I KNOW IT'S HARD DURING THESE TIMES, UH, STAY AT, STAY ENCOURAGED, BE ENCOURAGED.
I'M LOOKING FOR, I AM A GROOM'S CAKE.
I AM LOOKING FOR A LOT, A LOT OUT OF Y'ALL AT WELL BRANCH TO, UH, BRING, BRING THESE STUDENTS TO, UH, TO, TO NOT BE A PRIORITY SCHOOL ANYMORE.
AND WITH THAT AT THE TOP, BECAUSE THE BOTTOM WAS DEFINITELY TOO CROWDED.
SO
IT'S A HERE THE PERFORMANCE DURING A PANDEMIC AND COMPARING INFORMATION TO PRE PANDEMIC TO THE PERFORMANCE RIGHT NOW WOULD HAVE ALSO LIKED THE SKEWED RESULTS.
I DID WANT TO SHARE THAT WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT TIME AND PLACE.
I DO GREATLY UNDERSTAND THE COHORT MODEL HAVE SHOWN PROGRESSION OF OUR CHILDREN OF ONE TIME TO THE NEXT.
I GREATLY RESPECT THAT, AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO PREPARE THAT AS WELL.
SO WE CAN GET A FULL LENS AND PICTURE.
I DO WANT TO ADD A FEW FUNDAMENTAL ITEMS TO THE SUSPENSION THAT I DID NOT WOULD FILL THAT OPENING BECAUSE I RECOGNIZED WE HAD, UM, TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS AT THE TABLE.
OUR PRIORITY SCHOOLS ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE LOWEST 10% OF A WOMAN'S IN THE STATE.
SO THAT'S A BE TARGETED AND SUPPORT TOOLS OR TSI SCHOOLS THAT YOU HAVE ATSI SCHOOLS AT THE STATE LEVEL, WHICH WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PRESENTED LATER AT ANOTHER DAY.
AND THAT'S PRETTY INFLAMMATION IF YOU GO OUT TO THE DIS-AGGREGATED SUBGROUPS AS IDENTIFIED ON ESA.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT AS WELL.
MR. CAMPBELL WORK ON SOME QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO WHAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING, DOING THE FUNDING CYCLE.
RIGHT NOW, I WILL SHARE THAT OUR PRIORITY SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO HOLD HARMLESS AND WORK VERY HARD AT BEING ABLE TO KEEP THE AMOUNT OF EDUCATORS AVAILABLE TO IN ORDER TO GET THE OPTIMAL SIZES IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF LEARNERS.
I, UM, PRACTICE VERSUS THE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE, LOOKING MORE AT WE'RE LOOKING AT PULLING IN EXPERTS IN THE FIELD CURRENTLY LIKE HAVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES WITH PLC MODELS THAT INCLUDE THREE PHASES.
THE FIRST PHASE, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, THE SECOND PHASE WOULD BE OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
CAUSE THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS THAT HAVE THAT SUCCESSION PRACTICE SO THAT AS PRINCIPALS EITHER RETIRE OR GO TO ANOTHER TIME IN PLACE, WE HAD APS WHO ARE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THAT MODEL CAPACITY PUT ONTO OUR APS.
THE THIRD GROUP IN THAT PHASE, DID WE ALREADY INTERVENTIONISTS BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE HAVE OVERWHELMED AND NOT BUILD THEIR CAPACITY.
WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON PROFESSIONAL, DEVELOP PLCS AND LOOKING NUMBER ONE WITH REGARD TO OBJECTIVES, THAT BEING ABLE TO HAVE A COMMONALITY OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THE STANDARDS, THE SECOND AREAS OF PERFORMANCE, SPACE OF DIRECTORS FOR BASICALLY ANSWERING THE QUESTION TO WHAT WILL THE STUDENT BE ABLE TO DO.
IF THEY'RE AN ITEM IN THAT P IN THIS ONE STRUCTURE, THAT'S GOING TO BE DEFINING THE ACADEMIC LANGUAGE, HAVING UNIFICATION OF PRACTICE OF LANGUAGE WITHIN OUR PRIORITY SCHOOLS.
THE FOURTH THAT I WANT TO SAY, THE NEXT THREE ACTUALLY FALL INTO WHAT I SHARED WITH YOU BEFORE THE THREE T'S ONE IS THE COMPLEX TASKS.
ONE IS A CON UH, LOOKING AT THE APPROPRIATE TASKS TASKS.
AND THE FOURTH WOULD BE, IS LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE AND THE TALK THAT WE'RE UTILIZING THAT IS GOING TO BE A FOCUS OF PLCS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OR PRIORITY SCHOOLS.
FIRST, THOSE MODELS ARE BEING DEVELOPED AT THIS TIME AND PLACE.
IT IS AN EIGHT SESSION MODEL, AND I'M WORKING WITH SOME EXPERTS OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT AND THAT DEVELOPMENT.
SO I DIDN'T WANT TO SHARE THAT, THAT WE ARE PUTTING IT IN SOME OTHER ITEMS TOGETHER TO WORK WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND IN LANGUAGE, THE PRIORITY SCHOOLS ON MY PRIORITY.
WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN YOUR JOURNAL, THAT I'M FINE WITH, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
WE NEED SOME HARD FACTS ON THE RESULTS.
SO WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
SO REGION IT ENCOURAGES SUPPORT WHAT YOU SAY.
YOU NEED TO DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
THAT'S THAT'S THE PROCESS I I'M LOOKING AT OUR ROLE IS TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND SAY, OKAY, WE SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TO THIS AMOUNT OF DOLLARS, BUT, AND I'M SAYING TO YOU, I LEAVE TO SEEK ASSISTANCE.
AND ARE YOU SHOWING ME THE NUMBERS? SO I CAN COME TO RELIANCE ON NEW NUMBERS.
IF, IF
THE LAST TIME WE SAW THE MAP TESTING AND WE DO JUDGE THE POSITION CITY, CAUSE I REMEMBER ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, ARE THESE NUMBERS AT
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THE NORM? OR WHAT'S THE EXPECTED AMOUNT OF TESTING.THIS IS JUST AN EFFICIENCY MOVE THERE.
WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER GROUPS? WHEN I LOOK AT THIS EASEMENT, WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER PROVES THE GROUP DOES NOT LEAD THEM TO SUCCEED? YOU KNOW, GROUP, I DON'T SEE A MOVEMENT IN MY MIND TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I'M NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
I SEE AFTERSCHOOL, I'M DOING, BUT I STILL WANT TO SEE WHAT ARE THE WE ARE NOW.
AND I DON'T SEE THAT CLEARLY AS MY, MY, MY VIEWPOINT.
I DON'T SEE MAYBE THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS DO, BUT I DON'T SEE IT CLEARLY ENOUGH TO GO AWAY WITH THIS REPORT.
SAY IN TWO YEARS, NEVER HAVE A PRIORITY SCHOOL, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO BE.
I WANT TO BE REALLY REINFORCED WITH SOME OF THE NUMBERS TO SAY, OKAY, ARE WE MOVING THE RIGHT DIRECTION? NO, WE NEED MORE TO MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND, AND YOU CAN'T GET SUPPORT FOR MOVING FROM, UNLESS WE DIDN'T SEE ENOUGH TO BUY INTO IT.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING SENSITIVE, GOING TO GET ANOTHER YEAR BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT DO THE CLASSIFICATIONS THIS YEAR.
THOSE NUMBERS JUMP AND LET US SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I'M NOT BEATING UP ON ANYBODY BECAUSE I TOLD SOMEONE TODAY, I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON US.
DOES THAT COME ACROSS? LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ENOUGH FOR
I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, LIKE LAST TIME I REMEMBER ONE TIME HE HAD A NICE GRAPH AND A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL COLORS.
I SEE FOR THE NEW LIFE AND I CAN JUDGE THE OLD ONE AND I KNOW, UM, I KNOW THAT THE PANDEMIC EXISTS AND I NOTICED SITUATION.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION FOR THE BOARD SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT SURE IT WAS MADE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR RELATIVE TO OUR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IN ALL OF THE RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE RECENTLY, UM, EVEN IN SOME OF THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE DONE WITH OTHER DISTRICTS, THE WORK OF ADDRESSING COLD, UH, VERY LAWS AS A RESULT OF COVID-19 IT'S REALLY MULTI-YEAR PROCESS.
UH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK HAS REALLY STOOD OUT FOR US IS THAT INFORMATION THAT WE SHARED A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO AROUND THE EYES.
THE FACT THAT SEVEN IN 10 STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO PERFORM BELOW GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE IS WE, YOU S TUCSON'S OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN FUSION TO PUT A PLAN IN PLACE THIS YEAR TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE A BID IN THAT SEVEN AND 10, BUT THAT'S NOT OUR LONG-TERM PLAN.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH THE LIMITED TIME THAT WE HAVE NOW.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, UH, UH, UM, UH, PRETTY MENTIONED THERE'S A LOT OF MENTIONED WAS OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING.
WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING, IT'S NOT JUST SIMPLY TUTORIAL.
WE ARE ACTUALLY USING DATA THAT WE HAVE, UM, GENERATED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES THAT JUST MAPPED OUT ABOUT FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT SORTS AND TARGETED INTERVENTION WITH THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE.
ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH PRINCIPALS IS THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET KIDS TO STAY AFTER SCHOOL, UNLESS WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION IN MANY INSTANCES, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE DEAL BREAKER.
SO WHAT WE HAVE, AND I'M ACTUALLY PROUD TO, TO, TO, TO SHARE THIS IS THAT USING THOSE SR TWO FUNDS, WE ARE PROVIDING AFTER-SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND K EIGHT ACADEMIES.
THEIR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING BEGINS ON MONDAY.
IT WILL LAST FOR 10 WEEKS AND EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL WILL PROVIDE NO LESS THAN AN HOUR AND A HALF TO TWO HOURS OF TARGETED INTERVENTION.
BILL LET NOLA NO LESS THAN THREE DAYS OR FOUR DAYS PER WEEK.
THE OTHER THING IS, I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE'RE ALSO PAYING OUR TEACHERS ARE REALLY COMPETITIVE RATE.
WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO PAY THEM THEIR DAILY RATE, WHICH BEST WHEN THEY'RE NORM THEY'RE 27 AND A HALF, RIGHT.
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IS THAT FOR OUR DISTRICT, IN OUR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS AS A RESULT OF COVID, EVERY ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY BUILDING CATEGORIES WILL BE WEDDING AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING OR AN HOUR TO TWO HOURS FOR THREE TO FOUR DAYS A WEEK FOR 10 WEEKS LEADING UP TO THE END OF THE YEAR, UP TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.AND WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF RESISTANCE TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT THESE STUDENTS STARTED, AND HERE'S WHERE THEY ARE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND THAT IS OUR WORK TOWARDS PUTTING A DENT IN THAT SEVEN AND 10.
AND THEN NEXT YEAR, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF SR SR FUNDS.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IN A DOME THAT
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING IS WE NEED TO KNOW THE KIND OF SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT YOU ASSISTED IN BUILDING.
YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I THINK THAT LEARNING LAST OF SCIENTISTS, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE ON THE, IN CANADA, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT AND HEAR MORE ABOUT IT.
AND ALSO, AS WE SAY WITH MR. CAMPBELL, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO PUT ON OUR WORK SESSION.
HOW DO WE GET THESE REPORTS? WHAT DATA DO WE WANT TO SEE? AND CAN WE STANDARDIZE THEM? I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING.
AS WE LOOK AT OUR NEW POLICY MANUAL TO TALK ABOUT WITH EACH OF THESE OBS, WHAT REPORTING DO WE WANT AND HOW DO WE WANT IT PRESENTED TO US SO THAT WE CAN COMPARE.
SO I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST WE MOVE THAT TO THE WORK SESSION AND REALLY LOOK AT MR. SMITH.
I AGREE WITH WHAT MS. PAUL WRIGHT SAID, UH, ALONG WITH MR. CAMPBELL.
AND ONE THING THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY WAS THAT I THINK ALONG THE, AMONG THESE TERMS OF WHAT MR. CAMPBELL WAS SAYING WAS THAT HE, HE WANTED THE MEASURABLE GOALS AND BASICALLY THINGS TO BE TRACKED TO WHERE HE, WHERE WE COULD SEE EXACTLY WHERE THE WERE GOING UP OR WHEREVER WE ARE, WHEREVER WE'RE GOING DOWN, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE IN THIS PANDEMIC AND THAT THEY'RE NOT TESTING BECAUSE I'M SO SURE AT SOME POINT IN, IN, AT SOME POINT, SOMEHOW THE TEACHERS ARE STILL TRACKING THE STUDENT'S PERFORMANCE, UH, WITHOUT THE STANDARDIZED TESTING.
AND I THINK THAT WAS A, THAT WAS MORE ALONE, MR. CAMPBELL'S, UH, POINTED AS WELL WAS WHAT I WAS, WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT HE ALREADY DRY.
YOU ALREADY TOLD US EXACTLY WHAT HE MEANT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DO AGREE WITH THAT.
AND, AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND THAT WE HAVE, UM, MEASURABLE AND WE HAVE NUMBERS IN WRITING SO THAT WE SHOW THAT WE JUST CAN'T COME BACK AND SAY, OH, WELL, WE THOUGHT WE ASSUMED WHERE WE WERE AT.
NOW THAT WE KNOW WHERE WE AT, BECAUSE WE CAN GO, WE CAN LOOK BACK UP, BACK ON THE 3RD OF MARCH.
I MEAN, THE 2ND OF MARCH ON 2021.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE SAID THAT WE'RE A BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UH, WHAT WAS THAT? AND SO ON TO HILTON HEAD.
BUT THAT, THAT IS WHAT I BELIEVE THAT HE'S ASKING YOU FOR IT AND LIKE THIS, UM, WHAT I SAID, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT AT THE WORK SESSION, UM, MOVING, MOVING FORWARD.
BUT YEAH, SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY, BUT MR. CAMPBELL, I DIDN'T TAKE IT THAT, THAT YOU WERE BEATING UP ON HIM.
I, I TOOK HIS DAY AS THOUGH YOU WERE BE PACIFIC AT WHAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR AND YOU KNEW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT.
THAT'S I DON'T THINK HE TOOK IT AS THAT EITHER.
AND THANK YOU MRS. SMITH AND BOARD MEMBERS.
AND BY NATURE, YOU KNOW, THAT EDUCATORS, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GENDER CHEER AND TAKE CARE OF.
SO IT'S PROBABLY, WELL, YEAH, I, THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD WITH MS. MRS. PAT BRITA.
OUR PRINCIPAL COMES FROM HILTON HEAD ISLAND, MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLEASE.
IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN.
UM, I'M GOING TO BE GIVING AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF HILTON HEAD MIDDLE FOR THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND THE FIRST SLIDE THAT YOU SEE, THERE IS A COMPARISON OF THE MAP DATA FOLDS WINTER 2020, THAT IS FOR PROJECTED PROFICIENCY ON SOUTH CAROLINA, ELA AND MATH.
THEY ARE PROJECTING WHAT OUR STUDENTS WILL DO ON THOSE TWO TESTS.
THE RESULTS SHOW, UM, GREATER GAINS IN MATH COMPARED WITH READING OVERALL STUDENT COMPARISON SHOWED UP A LOSS OF 2% TILE POINTS IN READING, AND ONE PERCENTILE POINT IN MATH.
THAT'S OVERALL THE MAP RESULTS FOR MATH GROWTH FOR TWO WINDOW.
IT INDICATED THAT SIX OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS THAT YOU SEE OUT OF 10, UM, DID INCREASE THE ELA.
UM, WE HAD A GROWTH IN ONLY THE WHITE MALE GROUP POPULATION.
UM, THE OTHERS WERE, UM, UH, DECREASED, POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
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TO THIS DEFINITELY BEGINNING WITH A HYBRID MODEL AND, UM, THEN ADJUSTING TO ZOOMING THREE DAYS.IN ADDITION TO THOSE TWO DAYS, UM, TOOK A TOLL ON SOME OF THE LEARNING FAMILIES WHO ARE CHOOSING THE VIRTUAL PLATFORM.
ONLY I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT IS VERY, UM, IT'S VERY CHALLENGING FOR THE STUDENTS.
I HAVE A HANDFUL I COULD TELL YOU THAT ARE SUCCEEDING THAT WAY STUDENTS NEED TO BE IN SCHOOL.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY ALSO HAVE A LACK OF SELF MOTIVATION SOMETIME WHEN THEY'RE ALONE AND THERE'S NO PARENTAL SUPERVISION IN THEIR HOME, VERY DIFFICULT FOR STUDENTS TO STAY ON A COMPUTER FOR SEVEN HOURS AND JUST DO THEIR WORK.
THEY'RE EASILY DISTRACTED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND THE OTHER IMPORTANT FACTOR THERE IS THE THING IS THAT THE BAPTIST, UM, IF THEY WERE VIRTUAL, THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE THAT TEST AT HOME, EVEN THOUGH WE INVITED THEM INTO THE SCHOOLS TO DO THAT, UM, SOME CHOSE NOT TO COME IN.
AND SO THEY REMAINED AT HOME AND TOOK THE TEST EITHER ALONE OR MAYBE WITH HELP.
UM, LEARNING LOSS, THERE IS A DEFINITE, A DEFINITE LEARNING LOSS, UM, DUE TO THE HYBRID AND, UH, FULL VIRTUAL MODELS.
SOME OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL HILTON HEAD PROGRAMS I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT DID HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE LOAD.
UM, ONE UP THERE IS JUST A POPULATION OVERVIEW AND THOSE PERCENTAGES HAVE CHANGED SINCE I ACTUALLY DID THIS SLIDE.
SO MY TOTAL POPULATION IS EIGHT 82, BUT WE HAVE A 74.4% OF OUR STUDENTS LEARNING FACE TO FACE.
AND, UM, 25.5% ARE VIRTUAL STUDENTS.
OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN BOTH PLATFORMS WITH TARGETED GOALS AND PROGRAMS, UH, 41% OF THE STUDENTS IN IREADY MATH, WHICH IS USED FOR BOTH SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND MAINSTREAM STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT PERFORMING ON GRADE LEVEL, UM, SHOWED A GROWTH INCREASE OF ONE OR MORE GRADE LEVELS IN THAT FIRST SEMESTER OF THIS YEAR, 36% OF THE STUDENTS IN IREADY ELA SUPPORT CLASSES HAD GROWTH INCREASES OF ONE OR MORE GRADE LEVELS IN THAT FIRST SEMESTER.
AGAIN, THAT IS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND MAINSTREAM STUDENTS NEEDING SUPPORT.
WOULD I HAVE LIKED THOSE PERCENTAGES TO BE HIGHER? ABSOLUTELY.
BUT THOSE SAME CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ARE WHAT'S AFFECTING STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN THESE SUPPORT PROGRAMS AS WELL.
WE USED AN ISLAND PROGRAM, SPECIALLY DENOTED FOR ESOL LEVEL ONE STUDENTS AND 95% OF THOSE STUDENTS IN THAT SUPPORT CLASS INCREASED THEIR LITERACY SCORE AND THEIR STUDENT FLUENCY INCREASED 17 WORDS PER MINUTE.
AND THE LAST PROGRAM THAT WE'RE USING, ACTUALLY NOT THE LAST, BUT, UM, IS A READING PLUS, WHICH WAS ALSO BROUGHT INTO THE DISTRICT RECENTLY.
AND WE USE THAT FOR OUR ESAU ESAU LEVEL TWO AND THREE STUDENTS.
THEY INCREASED, UH, A HALF OF A 0.5 OF A GRADE IN THE FIRST SEMESTER.
TUTORING IS OFFERED TO ALL STUDENTS, BOTH VIRTUAL AND FACE TO FACE.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT MY VIRTUAL STUDENTS, UM, IT'S NOT AS GOOD WITH PARTICIPANT PARTICIPATION AS MY FACE-TO-FACE AND THAT'S THREE DAYS A WEEK AND EVERY MORNING.
SO I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN THOSE TUTORING PROGRAMS JUST A LITTLE BIT IN DEPTH AT THIS POINT.
UM, WE HAVE ONE PROGRAM THAT IS ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
THERE'S 165 STUDENTS ENROLLED AND THEY ATTEND EITHER ONE OR TWO DAYS DEPENDING ON THEIR SCHEDULES.
UM, AND WE TARGET STUDENTS WHO ARE, HAVE FAILING GRADES AND WHO ARE, UH, RECOMMENDED TO ATTEND, GET THEIR GRADES BACK UP WEDNESDAY TUTORING PROGRAM FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE LOW COUNTRY.
CURRENTLY THERE'S ABOUT AN ENROLLMENT OF 30.
THIS MONEY WAS JUST RELEASED TO US AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY.
SO WE STARTED THE PROGRAM THEN, AND THESE STUDENTS ARE REFERRED FOR INTERVENTION BY TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, ADMINISTRATORS, LOOKING AT THEIR DATA AND THEIR PERFORMANCE.
UM, THAT PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.
WE WILL GET MORE STUDENTS AS THE MONTHS GO BY.
UM, AND JUST RECENTLY ON FEBRUARY 22ND, WE STARTED A BEFORE SCHOOL CARE SLASH TUTORING PROGRAM, WHICH IS OFFERED TO ALL STUDENTS, UM, THAT TO WILL PROBABLY GROW A LITTLE BIT.
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UM, AND THAT IS FROM SEVEN 15 TO EIGHT 15 IN THE MORNING BEFORE THEY'RE ACTUALLY ALLOWED IN, IN THE BUILDING.UM, DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, WE HAVE A RECOVERY INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR EIGHTH GRADERS DURING ATL AND LUNCH.
ATL IS A PERIOD THAT IS EITHER BEFORE OR DIRECTLY AFTER LUNCH.
IT'S REALLY MEANT TO BE USED FOR SUSTAINED SILENT READING.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE ARE ALSO USING THAT FOR RECOVERY, FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE TO MAKE UP ASSIGNMENTS MAKE-UP TESTS OR ARE JUST BEHIND.
AND SO MY MYP COACH PULLS THEM TO THE CAFETERIA AND THEY WORK WITH HER, UM, ON A DAILY BASIS TO GET THEIR ASSIGNMENTS AND THEIR WORK DONE.
SIXTH GRADE, WE HAVE A LITTLE, UH, COMPETITION WITH KHAN ACADEMY, WHICH IS ANOTHER PROGRAM WE USE FOR MATH.
UM, I DON'T THINK THIS IS ON THE SLIDES.
SO, UM, FOR MATH SUPPORT DURING LUNCH AND ATL AGAIN, UM, THIS COMPETITIVE CHALLENGE, UM, IT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO COMPETE TO SEE WHO HAS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF ASSIGNMENTS COMPLETED.
WHAT'S NICE ABOUT IT IS EVERYBODY CAN COME, CAN PARTICIPATE, BUT IT NEEDS THE STUDENT AT THE LEVEL THAT THEY'RE ON AND THEY CAN MOVE UPWARD FROM THERE.
SO EVEN THE STUDENT AT A LOW LEVEL MIGHT BE THE ONE THAT SUCCEEDS THE MOST BECAUSE THEY HAVE MAYBE DONE THE MOST ASSIGNMENTS THAT WEEK.
AND THERE ARE SMALL PRIZES FOR THOSE, UM, THIS NEW INITIATIVE THAT WE JUST ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS ADDING READING PLUS TO THE ATL ALSO IN ALL THREE GRADES.
UM, IT'S ANOTHER OPTION FOR READING RECOVERY TO ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS AS WELL.
UM, AND MY LIST SLIDE IS FOR GOALS FOR EQUITY AND ACCESS.
SO AT HILTON HEAD METAL, IT'S, UM, IT'S ALL ALWAYS OUR GOAL TO GIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL STUDENTS, TO PARTICIPATE IN ADVANCED LEVEL COURSES AND ALSO TO HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO SUPPORT FIRST CLASSES WHEN THEY NEED, UM, ASSISTANCE.
UM, WE SCREEN ALL STUDENTS BEFORE THE START OF SCHOOL YEAR FOR QUALIFYING CRITERIA FOR ADVANCED ACCELERATED IN HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES WHILE STUDENTS ARE SCREENED FOR GT TWICE A YEAR, FALL AND SPRING BASED ON QUALIFYING TEST SCORES AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
BUT WE ALSO CONSIDER NON IDENTIFIED STUDENTS WHO EXHIBIT ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE OF CORE CLASSES.
UM, THEY MAY ALSO BE RECOMMENDED FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT.
WELL, STUDENTS NEEDING SUPPORT ARE OFFERED AN ADDITIONAL CLASS IN ELA AND MATH.
THOSE PROGRAMS ARE THE ONES I'VE MENTIONED IREADY.
PLUS WE HAVE A WRITING WORKSHOP PROGRAM FOR HIGH LEVEL ESOL FUNCTIONING STUDENTS THAT JUST CONCENTRATES ON WRITING.
UM, AND ALSO THE KHAN ACADEMY HYBRID MODEL, ALL STUDENTS, UH, BOTH THE VIRTUAL AND FACE-TO-FACE RECEIVED FIVE DAYS OF INSTRUCTION FOR ALL CLASSES.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DID THAT, UM, THE STUDENTS WHO WERE AT HOME ON THOSE ZOOM DAYS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS HIT OR MISS WHETHER KIDS WERE GETTING ON AND ACTUALLY LISTENING TO THE LESSONS WHERE THEY HAD THEIR SCREEN ON, BUT THEY WERE STILL WATCHING TV OR PLAYING A VIDEO GAME, UM, HARD TO TRACE.
NOW IT'S A LOT BETTER NOW WITH DYNO, UM, AND ALL STUDENTS FACE-TO-FACE AND VIRTUAL, OR ARE ALWAYS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING SESSIONS THAT WE ARE FOR RIGHT NOW.
THE LAST THING IS THAT, UM, ALL STUDENTS ARE SUPPORTED BY SOCIAL EMOTIONAL PROGRAMS. WE HAVE, UM, THE PANORAMA PANORAMA SURVEY THAT THEY COMPLETED AND ALSO THEY USE GAGGLE TO REPORT, UM, ANY, ANYTHING THAT IS BOTHERING THEM OR ANYONE WHO IS BOTHERING THEM, UM, THROUGH GUIDANCE, SPECIAL SOCIAL WORKER.
ANY QUESTIONS I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
UM, IS READING ONE 80, THE SAME AS READING PLUS, OR IS THAT A DIFFERENT PROGRAM IN PREVIOUS? I THINK, YES.
IT'S A DIFFERENT PROGRAM THAT WE WERE USING LAST YEAR AND WE DECIDED THAT, UM, JUST TO BE, UH, CONSISTENT, UH, WE WOULD GO WITH THE READING PLUS FOR EASEL AND, UM, THAT WAS A DISTRICT PER A DISTRICT WIDE PURCHASE.
AND SO I TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT, UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO FUND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WITH THE PRIORITY MONEY, BUT THAT ONE WAS ONE THAT WE, WE GOT, UM, UNDER THE DISTRICTS LICENSES AND THE RE THE READING PLUS, AND, UM, UH, I READY ARE, ARE SIMILAR,
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BUT A READING PLUS HAS A COUPLE OF NEW, UM, COMPONENTS TO IT THAT I THINK ARE GOOD FOR THE KIDS RIGHT NOW, MRS. ROWE VOLUME ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS AND MRS. FRAGRANCES, UM, MRS. FINS, FRIEDA IS REFERRING TO, YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET FOR FREE UP PILOTWE JUST PAID FOR PD, MR. SMITH.
UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD YOU SAID THAT CHILD TESTS TWICE FOR GT, UM, W HOW, HOW DO YOU, HAVE YOU HEARD, YOU SAID JUST WHAT TWICE WITH GT, BUT MY QUESTION WILL BE, HOW DO YOU TEST FOR THE KIDS WHO NEED HELP? HOW WELL, HOW ARE WE FINDING OUT WHO THEY ARE? HOW WE, HOW, HOW, HOW ARE WE MEASURING THEM? WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE RELYING ON THE DATA THAT WE HAVE, UM, FROM MAP.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE SOUTH CAROLINA READY AND PASS DATA FROM 1819.
SO THAT'S OLD DATA, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, OUR MAP IS, ARE MORE, IS, ARE MORE RELIABLE DATA.
AND WE USE THAT TO LOOK AT THE KIDS WHO ARE LOWER, YOU KNOW, NOT ON GRADE LEVEL, UM, ELL NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS.
WE USE THAT DATA TO LOOK AT WHERE THEY, OR ESL STUDENTS ALSO TAKE AN ACCESS TEST, WHICH GIVES US GOOD DATA FOR THEM EVERY YEAR.
UM, AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO WE, WE KIND OF HAVE A, UM, A GAUGE OF WHERE THEY ARE WITH THE SCORES WE GET FROM THAT.
BUT MY QUESTION IS WITH US BEING A PRIORITY SCHOOL, BEING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MAP DATA, HAVE WE NOT CAME UP WITH A TEST OR SOMETHING FOR FOUR GRADE LEVELS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE SO THAT WE CAN FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE VERSUS THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR VERSUS THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, TO WHERE, TO WHERE THEY ARE AT THIS PRESENT TIME.
HAVE WE, HAVE WE, NOT MAYBE ALL OUR TEACHERS INDIVIDUALLY OR A GRADE LEVEL STANDARD, AND HOW'S THAT NOT CREATING NOTHING TO BE ABLE TO, UH, COME UP WITH THAT I ABSOLUTELY DO DURING PLCS, THE TEACHERS ON A CONTENT GRADE LEVEL MEET ONCE A WEEK AND THEY DO COMMON ASSESSMENTS.
THEY DO COMMON ACTIVITIES FOR THE STUDENTS.
AND SO THOSE ARE, UM, GAUGES THAT WE CAN ALSO USE ON HOW THEY ARE, UM, LEARNING THE CONTENT.
AND IF THEY NEED TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOVERY PERIODS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE RETAUGHT, THOSE THINGS ARE DONE ALSO.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S GREAT FOR THE KIDS WHO ARE PRESENT AND IN SCHOOL WITH US EVERY DAY.
UM, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE STUDENTS THAT ARE OUT OF SCHOOL.
AND I HAVE A NEW LITTLE CAMPAIGN THAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW, MR. SMITH, WHERE I'M TAKING MY, UM, THE GROUP OF MY GAP STUDENTS.
AND I HAVE MY DATA SPECIALISTS GIVING ME THEIR GRADES AND WHO'S VIRTUAL.
AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE AN INDIVIDUAL TELEPHONE CALL TO THOSE PARENTS TO TRY AND PERSUADE THEM, TO BRING THEIR CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN.
AND, UM, LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING VACCINATED WHEN OUR TEACHERS GET THEIR VACCINATION.
I THINK PARENTS ARE GOING TO FEEL A LOT SAFER ABOUT SENDING THEIR KIDS IN AND THAT'S, WHAT'S GOING TO HELP US, UM, BRING THEM BACK AROUND AND REALLY ADDRESS THE LEARNING LOSS THAT WE HAVE.
I'VE ALSO, HOW MANY SHOES DO YOU HAVE IN THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW? YOU SAY PER DAY, AND THEY NEEDS TO FACE YOUR TIME AT ATTENDANCE, WHY YES, MA'AM ATTENDED AND WHY FACE TO FACE OF THE STUDENTS WHO COME, UH, FACE TO FACE TO SCHOOL? I WOULD SAY MY ATTENDANCE IS PROBABLY ABOUT THE SAME AS IT WOULD BE ON ANY OTHER YEAR.
I WOULD BE GUESSING IF I GAVE YOU A NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I WOULD SAY FIVE TO 10% MAY BE ABSENT.
YOU KNOW, AND I HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT DURING THIS PANDEMIC, THERE ARE SOME CHILDREN WHO WERE CLOSE CONTEXT.
AND SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY ABSENT BECAUSE THERE'S SIX, BUT THEY HAVE TO QUARANTINE.
AND SO THAT IS CAUSING SOME ABSENCES THAT WE MAY NOT NORMALLY HAVE ALSO, WELL, LET ME ASK YOU THIS, LET ME ASK YOU THIS ANOTHER WAY.
DO YOU HAVE A STRONG, UH, DO YOU HAVE A STRONG ATTENDANCE RATE FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY COMING IN THE BUILDING? THEY'RE ACTUALLY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY THERE AND WILLING TO GO AND PREPARED TO LEARN? YES.
I WOULD SAY THAT WE DO, UM, HAVE A STRONG AMOUNT OF A CORE GROUP OF KIDS THAT WE SEE EVERY DAY, EVERY, EVERY YEAR WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, UM, HANDFULS OF STUDENTS WITH SOME ATTENDANCE ISSUES THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY ADDRESS ANYWAY.
AND WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, BUT FOR THE MOST, MOST PART, STUDENTS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO BE IN THE SCHOOLS ARE COMING EVERY DAY.
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END OF THE YEAR, CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR, WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE A MENU ALL ON THE MENU.IT TELLS US OF WHICH ELA COURSES, WHICH, UM, MATH COURSES THAT WILL BE NECESSARY, THAT WILL, THAT WILL BE YOU TO, TO HELP THE STUDENTS IMPROVE.
HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE ON THE MENU THAT WE'RE UTILIZING NOW THAT'S WORKING VERSUS THAT SUPPORTS MIGHT NOT BE WORKING ON THAT MENU? I MEAN, THOUGHT INTO THAT.
I MEAN, THE PROGRAMS THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT, UM, I HAVE SEEN POSITIVE RESULTS FROM THE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN SCHOOL.
AND SO, AND SOME, THERE ARE A FEW OUT, I DON'T ALWAYS WANT TO SAY THE VIRTUAL STUDENTS ARE SHOWING SOME STRENGTHS BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE, BUT, UM, THOSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT I WOULD DEFINITELY CARRY OVER INTO THE NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE I'M HAVING SUCCESS WITH, WITH THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THOSE PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW, FOR INSTANCE, JUST NOW AT THE SEMESTER, MARK, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT OUT OF THE IREADY, UM, COURSES BECAUSE THEY'VE REACHED THEIR GRADE LEVEL LEVEL.
THEY HAPPEN TO BE EIGHTH GRADERS.
AND I THINK THERE WAS THREE OR FOUR OF THEM, EVEN THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC WHO MANAGED TO GET ON GRADE LEVEL.
AND SO THOSE STUDENTS TESTED OUT THOSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE WORKING IN MY EYES.
SO WHAT, WHAT WAYS, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT WE DO HAVE PROGRAMS ON YOUR MEANS THAT IS WORKING.
I WAS JUST GONNA COMMENT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE ARE OFFERING FOLLOW TO OPEN THEM, THEN START OFFERING THESE THINGS.
BUT, UH, AS EVIDENCE WITH THE CHILD SCHOOL PRESENTATION, WE HAVE TO STEP OUT OF THE BOX SOMETIME WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH YOU.
SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE PREDICTED WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN DURING, DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE GAP CHILDREN, THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE FURTHER BEHIND BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN THE DUES BY WHAT YOU'RE OFFERING.
AND WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE OFFERING VIRTUALLY I'M LESS THE DUES.
SENDING US A MESSAGE AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND I, WHAT I'M SAYING IS, AS WE GO FORWARD, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY DIFFERENT READING PROGRAMS WE DRIVE, HOW YOU ENGAGE THE CHILDREN TO BEGIN TO READ AND THINGS LIKE COSTA RICO TRIP AND, YOU KNOW, GOING TO THE BEACH AND WHAT KIND OF BIRDS THEY'RE OFFLINE.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT MOTIVATE YOU TO WANT TO LEARN MORE.
AND THOSE THINGS ARE NOT DONE TO THE SAME LEVEL.
AND, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, MR. CAMPBELL, THAT, UM, THOSE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ENGAGE STUDENTS AND CAPTURED THEIR ATTENTION.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE PANDEMIC HAS PUT, UM, YOU KNOW, PUT, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A DAMPER ON THOSE KINDS OF FIELD TRIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE THAT IN ANY YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF, UM, FILMS, SPEAKERS, UH, TRIPS, WE WOULD DO ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE, OUR HANDS ARE TIED THIS YEAR AND AS THINGS GET BETTER, HOPEFULLY THOSE THINGS WILL ALL OPEN UP AGAIN.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING, YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS.
HOW DID WE HIT THOSE NUMBERS? LET'S DO NINE DIFFERENT INTERVENTION PROGRAMS. AND SEE WHAT I'M SAYING ALL THE TIME, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GOOD EDUCATION, THAT'S ALL IT WAS RIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FOR, UM, HILTON HEAD, MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
THE SCREEN SAID POINT FAMILY POLICY COULD BE CHANGED ANY POINT OR TWO PRIORITY SCHOOLS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TO SEE ME.
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[COVID – 19 “Coronavirus” Update ]
UH, THE LAST PORTION ON THE COVID UPDATE, UH, OUR TWO WEEK ACTIVE WINDOW SHOWING, UH, 61 STUDENTS POSITIVE 18 STAFF, POSITIVE, 173 STUDENT CORN GENES AND 51 STAFF WARRANTY.SO THOSE NUMBERS KEEP CONTINUING TO MOVE, UH, DOWNWARD.
UM, AS YOU ARE ALSO SEEING THAT TODAY, GOVERNOR MCMASTER ANNOUNCED THAT NEXT WEEK PHASE ONE B CAN BE AGAIN, OF COURSE, THIS IS WHERE TEACHERS ARE IN THE STAGE VACCINATION PLAN THURSDAY.
I'M EXPECTING TO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION FROM, UH, A SUPERINTENDENT MEETING ON THURSDAY.
[Donation from Community Foundation of the Lowcountry for the purchase of Ramsey Financial Literacy Curriculum to Beaufort High School in the amount valued at $7000.00.]
DOWN TO, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DONATIONS? THEN WE PROOF THE DONATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF RAMSEY FINANCIAL LITERACY CURRICULUM TO BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL AND THE AMOUNT VALUED AT $7,000.THE NEXT ONE, MR.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY GRADUATION
[Graduation Ceremony]
CEREMONY, MR. SMITH, UM, MANCHURIA.UM, I DON'T SEE THE ENOUGH TIME THIS TONIGHT.
SO, UH, I MOVED THAT WE ADJOURNED.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN NOW, I THINK WE NEED TO DECIDE HOW WE'RE GONNA DISPOSE OF THE REST OF THE BANANA ITEMS. IF YOU HAVE ONE MORE, I THOUGHT WE WERE COMING BACK TO THE MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.
SO THE GRADUATION CEREMONY, I'M SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT IS THAT BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK, RIGHT? THE DATES THE DAY MR. SMITH, THIS IS A DIFFERENT, THIS IS A DIFFERENT MOTION.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I BOUGHT UP AND WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO TACKLE THIS TONIGHT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
I DON'T EVEN NEED TO GET, WE DIDN'T WANT TO NEED TO GET INTO IT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO GET INTO IT TONIGHT.
SO THEN WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TOMORROW NIGHT AT SIX O'CLOCK VERSUS, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVIES, ITEMS TO ALL SORT OF MARCH 16.
I WOULD REQUEST THAT THE BOARD TAKE ON THE, UM, ITEMS, SEE THEY'RE IN MORE BUSINESS, ACTION.
IT AMENDMENT FOR REFERENDUM PRODUCTS AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND THEN MR. SMITH REQUESTED THAT WE MOVE GRADUATION CEREMONY TO, TO THE NEXT MEETING.
SO WHEN YOU DO THAT, AND THEN YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT CONSENT AGENDA AND YOU'RE DONE.
SO WE NEED A MOTION BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF THIRTIES, THIS IMAGE, I MOVE THAT.
WE EXTEND THE MEETING TO COMPLETE THE ITEMS NINE C AND 10 A AND B.
SO MS. DIDRIKSON EXTEND THE MEETING OR THE IEP AMENDMENTS AND CONSENT AGENDA, THE REST OF THE ITEMS. RIGHT? OKAY.
AND MR.
WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM.
UM, NINE B HAD A FEATURE, RIGHT? AGENDA ITEM 92, A FUTURE AGENDA.
DID YOU HEAR THAT ROBIN TYPING? ALL RIGHT.
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I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT COME UP.MR. SMITH, MR. SMITH, HOW ARE YOU VOTING MR. SMITH? HOWARD, YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED ALREADY.
IT'S NOT REGISTERING IT'S UNANIMOUS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S NOT COMING UP.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[IT Amendments for Referendum Projects as discussed in Executive Session]
RODRIGUEZ.I BELIEVE ONE OF THEM, THE ITEMS DO YOU WANT TO, UM, UM, WELL THE FIRST ONE LET'S TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY, UH, BUFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, THERE IS A REQUEST TO, UM, APPROVE AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ADD TO THE CURRENT PROJECT BUDGET AMOUNT OF $737,762.
AND THIS IS FOR, UM, OR REVISE IT.
I HAVEN'T SHOWN MUCH MADE THAT MOTION.
SO I KNEW THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THROUGH AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE, WITH HG REYNOLDS CONSTRUCTION, WHICH AUTHORIZES AN INCREASE IN THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE JMP, NOT TO EXCEED LIMIT IN THE AMOUNT OF $737,762 AND 77 CENTS, OR HER ADDICTION TO TECHNOLOGY PACKAGES TEAM ONE THROUGH TWO 67 AND GENERAL CONDITIONS, EXPANSION DUE TO THE SHORT AND SUMMER 2021 WORKS.
AND THEN WE GET THAT UP THERE ON THE SCREEN.
UM, IT'S NOT, THERE'S AN ERROR.
CAN MOLLY DO IT? IT'S NOT MOLLY.
CAN'T THE SYSTEM ITSELF JUST LOCKED.
SO I HAVE THE, I HAVE THAT OPEN FOR YOU TO VOTE, BUT IT'S NOT SHOWING UP ON THE SCREEN.
SO VOTING IS OPEN AND IT'S SHOWING IT'S OPEN.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND
ACTUALLY, MIKE SHOWS UP IF YOU PUT IT, DIDN'T SHOW UP UNTIL I'VE BEEN CHANGED VOTE AND I HAVEN'T EVEN VOTED, THEN IT SHOWS UP.
OH, NO, IT'S JUST MINE STILL SAYING THE SAME.
IT'S GOT THE SAME, THE RIGHT TOPIC, BUT THE MOTION ITSELF IS TALKING ABOUT MOVING THE AGENDA.
IT'S THE ONE THAT SHOWED UP WHEN I GO OVER, I GUESS,
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ABSTAIN MR. SMITH, MR. SMITH.I HAVE EVERYONE'S BULBLET MR. SMITH.
SO SHOULD I CLOSE IT? I DON'T THINK I'M ON ANYMORE.
YOU'LL HAVE TO TELL ME THE RESULTS CAUSE IT'S NOT SHOWING FOR ME.
THE RESULTS ARE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
AFTER THE ONLY ITEM, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THE, IT WAS, UH, THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THE USE OF CONTINGENCY FUNDS.
I DIDN'T KNOW ANY BUDDING ONE, RIGHT? YES.
UM, WELL, I MEAN, THIS WAS THE CONVERSATION HAVING THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.
AND AS FAR AS WHAT WE GAVE, AS FAR AS THE REQUEST TO USE THE $9,590,000 OUT OF THE, UH, REFERENDUM PROJECT CONTINGENCY.
AND THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER OR NOT THE BOARD SUPPORTS THAT USE.
WE APPROVE THE USE OF CONTINGENCY FUNDS FOR SALMON TO PRESENT.
CAN I SAY FOR STANDARDS TO THE PRESENTATION? YES.
I'VE BEEN, YOU WOULD SAY FOR CERTAIN YES.
IN THE AMOUNT OF 9 MILLION, $590,000 NOT TO EXCEED, NOT TO ME NOT TO EXCEED AND THE PRESENTATION SHOULD HAVE TODAY'S DATE OR THE OPERATION COMMITTEE DATE ON IT.
I THINK IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE
I CAN'T PUT THE ARROW IN, BUT I'M WRITING IT DOWN.
SO I HAD THE MOTION IT WAS MADE BY MS. INGRID IN A SECOND BY MS.
UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T PUT IT UP.
SO CAN WE GET BACK IN THIS BOAT? I CAN SAY WHETHER THAT'S GOOD OR NOT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS IN FOUR DOTS.
HOLD ON, GIVE ME A SECOND
I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN OUR TECHNOLOGY PLANNING PROCESS BEFORE DOGS STARTING.
THE MOTION IS, UM, I MOVED AT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE, WITH THOMPSON TURNER CONSTRUCTION, WHICH AUTHORIZES A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE NOT TO EXCEED.
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE USE OF CONTINGENCY FUNDS AS OUTLINED IN THE, IN THE OPERATE, UH, PROVERT AUDIENCE PARTICIPANTS IN THE REFERENDUM UPDATE PROJECT REFERENDUM UPDATE, PROJECT FUNDING, NOT TO EXCEED 9 MILLION, $590,000, 9 MILLION, $590,000.
ARE YOU OPEN TO, ARE YOU VOTING? CAN I MAKE ONE? WE DIDN'T HAVE DISCUSSION ON IT.
I JUST SAID I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO ON THIS SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE WAS A CALCULATION ERROR ON SIDE 12 AND THE RECOMMENDED USE OF CONTINGENCY
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THAT IS REFERRED TO ON SLIDE 13 REFERENCES, SLIDE 12.SO, UM, JUST AS A MATTER OF CAUTION, I'M GOING TO BE VOTING ON THIS.
SO IT'S STILL SHOWING THAT THE EXTENDING THE MEETING.
I CAN'T EVEN GET TO THAT AT THE MOMENT.
I'M TOTALLY LOCKED OUT OF IT NOW.
MOLLY, CAN YOU, MOLLY, CAN YOU GET TO, UM, CAN YOU GET BACK TO IT IN BOARDEX? YEAH.
IT'S IMPORTANT DOCS UNDER THE REFERENDUM.
IF YOU'RE RUNNING IT, YOU HAVE TO STOP THE MEETING AND BOARD TRYING TO STOP IT.
SO WHILE WE'RE FROZEN HERE FOR A SECOND, CAN I ASK, UH, MR. OD, UM, THE COMMENT THE DOC WAS ASKING HAD AS WELL, DOES THAT AFFECT THE NUMBERS? I UNDERSTOOD.
UM, MR. CORVIN HIS EXPLANATION THOUGH, THAT DOES IT DOESN'T AFFECT, UM, WHAT, WHAT IT MEANT WAS, YEAH, THEY LEFT OFF THAT ONE PROJECT BECAUSE IT HAD NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
THEY ALL ACTUALLY JUST APPROVED EARLIER THE BUFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UH, AMENDMENT AND DID NOT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS OUT OF REFERENCE NUMBER, PART OF THE CONTINUANCE.
IT HAS A DISCREPANCY IN ADDITION THERE.
SO IT'S JUST, IT MISSED THAT LINE ITEM.
SO THE TOTAL CLUB ADDITIONAL FUNDS REQUIRED DOES NOT CHANGE.
SO LIKE
8 MILLION IT'D BE FOR DELL DID NOT REQUIRE
SO THAT WAS A YEAR OR IS THAT JUST GOT LEFT OFF.
SO EVERYBODY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE'RE VOTING FOR, WHAT WE NEED TO SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.
AND THEN WE'LL VOTE BECAUSE WE CAN'T BRING IT UP.
I'M A BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED.
I CONTINUES OF CONTINGENCY FUNDS AS OUTLINED IN THE REFERENDUM OF THE REFERENDUM UPDATE, UM, ON MARCH 2ND.
CAUSE I ADDED TO THE BOARD ON MARCH 2ND, NOT TO EXCEED 9 MILLION, 590,000 AND I WAS SENDING BACK CATHY ROBOT.
THAT EVERYBODY WAS NEVSKY ABSTAIN.
SO JUST READ THE, THE RESULTS PROBABLY.
UM, HOW DID MR. SMITH VOTE? WE DIDN'T HEAR HIM.
UM, I DIDN'T HEAR COLONEL GEIER GOT YOU.
UM, SO IT IS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.
I HAVE NINE YESES, UH, ONE, UM, EIGHT YESES, ONE ABSTENTION AND ONE NO VOTE, WHICH IS MR. SMITH AND ABSTENTION IS, UH, DR.
SO THE MOTION CARRIES, UH, THAT WOULD BE IT FOR THE ITMS EVENTS WHEN
[Consent Agenda]
YOU GO THROUGH TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.[04:45:01]
OKAY.THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY MR. SMITH ABSENT.
UM, FROM THAT, THAT VOTE FOR FUTURE AGENDA
[Future Agenda Topics]
TOPICS.I ALREADY WROTE DOWN LEARNING LOSS AND STANDARDIZING THE REPORTS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT TO ADD TO THAT? MR. GUYER BOARD AND DISTRICT CULTURE.
ANY OTHER GENDER REQUESTS? OKAY.
THERE AREN'T ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I'M AWARE OF.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO.
UH, THERE'LL BE NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO BE CONDUCTED TONIGHT UNTIL WE ARE NOT MEETING TOMORROW.
I'M GONNA MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR FROM WHAT WE DECIDED.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENDURANCE.